Genesis 28:1:3Gen.28.1.W3PAT
אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֖ב
elyaakov
“to Jacob”
- Transliteration
- el-ya-a-KOV
- Extended
- ehl-yah-ah-KOHV
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ja.ʕăˈqoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Jacob
- French
- à Jacob
- Spanish
- a Jacob
- Portuguese
- a Jacó
- German
- zu Jakob
- Russian
- к Иакову
- Arabic-Simplified
- إِلَى يَعْقُوبَ
- Hindi
- याकूब को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 对雅各
- Korean
- 야곱에게
- Indonesian
- kepada Yakub
- Bengali
- যাকোবকে
- Tagalog
- kay Jacob
- Swahili
- kwa Yakobo
- Amharic
- ወደ ያዕቆብ
- Yoruba
- sí Jakọbu
- Igbo
- nye Jekọb
- Twi
- maa Yakob
- Ewe
- na Yakob
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-yik-RA yits-KHAK el-ya-a-KOV va-ye-va-REKH o-TO
- sentence
va-yik-RA yits-KHAK el-ya-a-KOV va-ye-va-REKH o-TO va-ye-tsav-VE-hu va-YO-mer LO lo-tik-KAKH ish-SHA mib-be-NOT ke-NA-an
In context — Genesis 28:1
called Isaac to Jacob he blessed him he commanded him he said to him do not take a wife from daughters of Canaan
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 28:1, so the Hebrew word אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֖ב (elyaakov) 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.28.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.1.W3.S1) and character.