Numbers 23:7:11Num.23.7.W11TAB
יַעֲקֹ֔ב
yaakov
“Jacob”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-KOV
- Extended
- ya-ah-KOHV
- IPA
- /jaʕaˈkoːv/
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
a-RA-li ya-a-KOV
- clause
min-a-RAM yan-khe-NI ba-LAK me-lekh-MO-av me-har-REI-KE-dem le-KHA a-RA-li ya-a-KOV u-le-KHA zo-a-MA yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yis-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR min-a-RAM yan-khe-NI ba-LAK me-lekh-MO-av me-har-REI-KE-dem le-KHA a-RA-li ya-a-KOV u-le-KHA zo-a-MA yis-ra-EL
Root and etymology
ק־ב־ע
“to curse, bind by spell”
In context — Numbers 23:7
Then he lifted up his oracle and said, “Balak the king of Moab has led me from Aram from the mountains of the east, saying, ‘Come, curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 23:7, so the Hebrew word יַעֲקֹ֔ב (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 Num.23.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.7.W11.S1) and character.