Genesis 46:6:10Gen.46.6.W10TAB
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
yaakov
“Jacob”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-KOV
- Extended
- yah-ah-KOHV
- IPA
- /ja.ʕaˈqoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jacob
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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
ya-a-KOV ve-khol-zar-O it-TO
- sentence
va-yik-KHU et-mik-NEI-hem ve-et-re-khu-SHAM a-SHER rakh-SHU be-E-rets ke-NA-an va-ya-VO-u mits-RAI-ma ya-a-KOV ve-khol-zar-O it-TO
Exegesis
The appositional phrase ya'aqov ve-khol-zar'o itto {יַעֲקֹב וְכָל־זַרְעוֹ אִתּוֹ | yaʿăqōḇ wə-ḵol zarʿô ʾittô} ‘Jacob and all his offspring with him’ emphasizes Jacob’s leadership and the corporate nature of the migration.
Root and etymology
ʿ-q-bayin–qof–bet
“heel, supplant”
In context — Genesis 46:6
They took their livestock and all the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan , and they entered Egypt—Jacob and all his offspring with him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 46:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 46:6, so the Hebrew word יַעֲקֹ֖ב (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.46.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.46.6.W10.S1) and character.