Genesis 48:3:2Gen.48.3.W2TAB
יַעֲקֹב֙
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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Word in context
- word
ya-a-KOV
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-yo-SEF EL sha-DAI nir-a-e-LAI be-LUZ be-ER-ets ke-NA-an
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-yo-SEF EL sha-DAI nir-a-e-LAI be-LUZ be-ER-ets ke-NA-an va-ye-va-REKH o-TI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the wayyiqtol verb vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} introducing Jacob’s words, followed by Yaakov {יַעֲקֹב | ya-ʿă-qōḇ} and the indirect object marker el Yosef {אֶל־יוֹסֵף | ʾel yô-sēf}.
In context — Genesis 48:3
And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me in Luz in the land of Canaan, and He blessed me.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 48:3, so the Hebrew word יַעֲקֹב֙ (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.48.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.3.W2.S1) and character.