Genesis 30:12:7Gen.30.12.W7PAT
לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃
leyaakov
“for Jacob”
- Transliteration
- le-ya-a-KOV
- Extended
- leh-yah-ah-KOHV
- IPA
- /lə.ja.ʕă.ˈqoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Jacob
- French
- pour Jacob
- Spanish
- para Jacob
- Portuguese
- para Jacó
- German
- für Jakob
- Russian
- Иакову
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِيَعْقُوبَ
- Hindi
- याकूब के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 给雅各
- Korean
- 야곱에게
- Indonesian
- kepada Yakub
- Bengali
- যাকোবের জন্য
- Tagalog
- kay Jacob
- Swahili
- kwa Yakobo
- Amharic
- ለያዕቆብ
- Yoruba
- fun Jakọbu
- Igbo
- nye Jekọb
- Twi
- maa Yakob
- Ewe
- na Yakob
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לְ + יַ + עֲ + קֹֽב׃
↓
le + ya + a + kov
↓
leyaakov
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-ya-a-KOV
- sentence
va-TE-led zil-PA shif-KHAT le-A BEN she-NI le-ya-a-KOV
In context — Genesis 30:12
bore Zilpah maidservant of Leah son second for Jacob
About this coordinate
Genesis 30:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 30:12, so the Hebrew word לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃ (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.30.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.30.12.W7.S1) and character.