Genesis 29:15:3Gen.29.15.W3PAT

לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב

leyaakov

to Jacob

Transliteration
le-ya-a-KOV
Extended
leh-yah-ah-KOHV
IPA
/lə.ja.ʕă.ˈqoːv/

Meaning by language

English
to Jacob
French
à Jacob
Spanish
a Jacob
Portuguese
a Jacó
German
zu Jakob
Russian
Иакову
Arabic-Simplified
ليعقوب
Hindi
याकूब से
Chinese-Simplified
对雅各
Korean
야곱에게
Indonesian
kepada Yakub
Bengali
যাকোবকে
Tagalog
kay Jacob
Swahili
kwa Yakobo
Amharic
ለያዕቆብ
Yoruba
si Jakobu
Igbo
nye Jekọb
Twi
maa Yakob
Ewe
na Yakob

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Result
לְ + יַ + עֲ + קֹ֔ב
le + ya + a + kov
leyaakov

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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

    le-ya-a-KOV

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer la-VAN le-ya-a-KOV ha-khi-a-KHI a-TA va-a-va-de-TA-ni khi-NAM

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer la-VAN le-ya-a-KOV ha-khi-a-KHI a-TA va-a-va-de-TA-ni khi-NAM ha-GI-da LI ma-mas-ku-re-TE-kha

In contextGenesis 29:15

said Laban to Jacob because my brother you are work for me for nothing tell me what your wage is

About this coordinate

Genesis 29:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 29:15, so the Hebrew word לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב (leyaakov) 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.29.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.15.W3.S1) and character.