Numbers 24:5:3Num.24.5.W3TAB
יַעֲקֹ֑ב
yaakov
“O Jacob”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-KOV
- Extended
- yah-ah-KOHV
- IPA
- /jaʕaˈkoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- O 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
MAH-TO-vu o-ha-LE-kha ya-a-KOV
- sentence
MAH-TO-vu o-ha-LE-kha ya-a-KOV mish-ke-no-TE-kha yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verb precedes its two coordinated possessive subjects, ohalekha {אֹהָלֶיךָ | ʾōhă-lēykhā} and miškenōtēkā {מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָ | miškenōtēkā}, each marked with a second-person masculine-singular suffix to indicate ownership by Yaʻaḳôv {יַעֲקֹב | Yaʻaḳôv} and Yiśrāʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yiśrāʾēl}. The predicate-before-subject order heightens the sense of wonder, and the subsequent vocatives frame the commendation in balanced parallelism, reinforcing communal identity and lineage.
In context — Numbers 24:5
How beautiful are your tents , Jacob, your dwelling places , Israel!
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 24:5, so the Hebrew word יַעֲקֹ֑ב (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.24.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.5.W3.S1) and character.