Genesis 29:21:3Gen.29.21.W3TAB
אֶל־לָבָן֙
ellavan
“to Laban”
- Transliteration
- el-la-VAN
- Extended
- ehl-lah-VAAN
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.laːˈvaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Laban
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
el-la-VAN
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-la-VAN
- clause
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-la-VAN ha-VA et-ish-TI KI ma-le-U ya-MAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-la-VAN ha-VA et-ish-TI KI ma-le-U ya-MAI ve-a-VO-a e-LE-ha
Exegesis
The subject Yaakov {יַעֲקֹב | ya-ʿă-qōḇ} follows the verb, and the prepositional phrase el-Lavan {אֶל־לָבָן | ʾel-lā-ḇān} ‘to Laban’ specifies the addressee, forming a typical verb-subject-indirect-object sequence.
Root and etymology
b-n-hbet–nun–heh
“to build, establish”
In context — Genesis 29:21
Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife , because my time is fulfilled , so that I may go in to her.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 29:21, so the Hebrew word אֶל־לָבָן֙ (ellavan) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.29.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.21.W3.S1) and character.