Genesis 29:1:2Gen.29.1.W2PAT
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
- Иаков
- Arabic-Simplified
- يَعْقُوبُ
- 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 + קֹ֖ב
↓
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)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-a-KOV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-SA ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-yis-SA ya-a-KOV rag-LAV
- sentence
va-yis-SA ya-a-KOV rag-LAV va-YE-lekh AR-tsa ve-nei-KE-dem
In context — Genesis 29:1
lifted Jacob his feet he went to the land of the sons of the east
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 29:1, 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.29.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.1.W2.S1) and character.