Genesis 32:7:2Gen.32.7.W2TABWLC Genesis 32:8
יַעֲקֹ֛ב
yaakov
“Jacob”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-KOV
- Extended
- yah-ah-KOHV
- IPA
- /ja.ʕă.ˈqoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jacob
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-a-KOV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-RA ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-yi-RA ya-a-KOV me-OD va-YE-tser LO
- sentence
va-yi-RA ya-a-KOV me-OD va-YE-tser LO va-YA-khats et-ha-AM a-sher-i-TO ve-et-ha-TSON ve-et-ha-ba-KAR ve-ha-ge-ma-LIM li-she-NEI ma-kha-NOT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayira {וַיִּירָא֙ | va-yî-rāʾ} “and he feared,” followed by Yaaqov {יַעֲקֹ֔ב | ya-ʿă-qōḇ} to focus on Jacob’s response.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–qof–bet
“heel, to supplant”
In context — Genesis 32:7
Jacob became very afraid, and he was troubled. So he separated the people with him, together with the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two camps .
About this coordinate
Genesis 32:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 32:7, so the Hebrew word יַעֲקֹ֛ב (yaakov) 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.32.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.32.7.W2.S1) and character.