Genesis 47:8:3Gen.47.8.W3TAB
אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֑ב
elyaakov
“to Jacob”
- Transliteration
- el-ya-a-KOV
- Extended
- ehl-yah-ah-KOHV
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ja.ʕă.ˈqoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Jacob
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 | |
| 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
el-ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-YO-mer par-O el-ya-a-KOV
- sentence
va-YO-mer par-O el-ya-a-KOV kam-MA ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YEI-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el yaakov {אֶל־יַעֲקֹב | ʾel-ya-ʿă-qōḇ} marks Jacob as the addressee.
Root and etymology
ʿ-q-bayin–qof–bet
“heel, supplant”
In context — Genesis 47:8
Then Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days in the years of your life?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 47:8, so the Hebrew word אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֑ב (elyaakov) 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.47.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.8.W3.S1) and character.