Genesis 32:9:2Gen.32.9.W2TABWLC Genesis 32:10
יַעֲקֹב֒
yaakov
“Jacob”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-KOV
- Extended
- yah-ah-KOHV
- IPA
- /ja.ʕăˈqoːv/
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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Word in context
- word
ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-yo-MER ya-a-KOV e-lo-HEI a-VI av-ra-HAM ve-e-lo-HEI a-VI yits-KHAK
- sentence
va-yo-MER ya-a-KOV e-lo-HEI a-VI av-ra-HAM ve-e-lo-HEI a-VI yits-KHAK Ye-ho-VAH ha-o-MER e-LAI SHUV le-ar-tse-KHA u-le-mo-lad-te-KHA ve-ei-TI-va im-MAKH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative speech formula vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר֮ | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, followed by the subject Yaʿakov {יַעֲקֹב֒ | ya-ʿă-qō-ḇ} in verb–subject order typical of past narrative.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–qof–bet
“heel, to supplant”
In context — Genesis 32:9
Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, LORD , You who said to me, ‘Return to your land and to your kindred, and I will do good to you.’”
About this coordinate
Genesis 32:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 32:9, so the Hebrew word יַעֲקֹב֒ (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.32.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.32.9.W2.S1) and character.