Genesis 28:5:13Gen.28.5.W13PAT

יַעֲקֹ֖ב

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
Иакова
Arabic-Simplified
يَعْقُوب
Hindi
याकूब और
Chinese-Simplified
雅各和
Korean
야곱과
Indonesian
Yakub
Bengali
যাকোব ও
Tagalog
Jacob
Swahili
Yakobo
Amharic
የያዕቆብና
Yoruba
Jakọbu
Igbo
Jekọb
Twi
Yakob ne
Ewe
Yakob

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Result
יַ + עֲ + קֹ֖ב
ya + a + kov
yaakov

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-a-KOV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    EM ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    el-la-VAN ben-be-too-EL ha-a-ram-MI a-KHI riv-KA EM ya-a-KOV ve-eh-SAV

  4. sentence

    va-yish-LAKH yits-KHAK et-ya-a-KOV va-YE-lekh pad-DE-na a-RAM el-la-VAN ben-be-too-EL ha-a-ram-MI a-KHI riv-KA EM ya-a-KOV ve-eh-SAV

In contextGenesis 28:5

sent Isaac Jacob he went to Paddan Aram to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean brother of Rebekah mother of Jacob and Esau

About this coordinate

Genesis 28:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 28:5, so the Hebrew word יַעֲקֹ֖ב (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.28.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.5.W13.S1) and character.