Genesis 25:28:3Gen.25.28.W3PAT
אֶת־עֵשָׂ֖ו
etesav
“Esau”
- Transliteration
- et-e-SAV
- Extended
- eht-eh-SAAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʕeː.ˈsaw/
Meaning by language
- English
- Esau
- French
- Ésaü
- Spanish
- Esaú
- Portuguese
- Esaú
- German
- Esau
- Russian
- Исава
- Arabic-Simplified
- عيسو
- Hindi
- एसाव से
- Chinese-Simplified
- 以扫
- Korean
- 에서를
- Indonesian
- Esau
- Bengali
- এসৌকে
- Tagalog
- si Esau
- Swahili
- Esau
- Amharic
- ኤሳውን
- Yoruba
- Esau
- Igbo
- Isọ
- Twi
- Esau
- Ewe
- Esao
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֶת + עֵ + שָׂ֖ו
↓
et + e + sav
↓
etesav
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
et-e-SAV
- clause
va-ye-e-HAV yits-KHAK et-e-SAV ki-TSA-yid be-FIV
- sentence
va-ye-e-HAV yits-KHAK et-e-SAV ki-TSA-yid be-FIV ve-riv-KA o-HE-vet et-ya-a-KOV
In context — Genesis 25:28
Isaac loved Esau because game was in his mouth and Rebekah loved Jacob
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 25:28, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עֵשָׂ֖ו (etesav) 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.25.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.28.W3.S1) and character.