Genesis 25:31:2Gen.25.31.W2PAT
יַעֲקֹ֑ב
yaakov
“Jacob”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-KOV
- Extended
- yah-ah-KOHV
- IPA
- /ja.ʕă.ˈqoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jacob
- French
- Jacob
- Spanish
- Jacob
- Portuguese
- Jacó
- German
- Jakob
- Russian
- Иаков
- Arabic-Simplified
- يعقوب
- Hindi
- याकूब
- Chinese-Simplified
- 雅各
- Korean
- 야곱
- Indonesian
- Yakub
- Bengali
- যাকোব
- Tagalog
- Jacob
- Swahili
- Yakobo
- Amharic
- ያዕቆብ
- Yoruba
- Jakọbu
- Igbo
- Jekọb
- Twi
- Yakob
- Ewe
- Yakob
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
יַ + עֲ + קֹ֑ב
↓
ya + a + kov
↓
yaakov
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV mi-khe-RA khai-YOM et-be-kho-ra-te-KHA LI
In context — Genesis 25:31
Jacob said sell to me your birthright this day
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:31:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 25:31, 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 Gen.25.31.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.31.W2.S1) and character.