Genesis 31:26:3Gen.31.26.W3PAT
לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב
leyaakov
“to Jacob”
- Transliteration
- le-ya-a-KOV
- Extended
- leh-yah-ah-KOHV
- IPA
- /lə.ja.ʕăˈqoːv/
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
- sí Jakọbu
- Igbo
- nye Jekọb
- Twi
- maa Yakob
- Ewe
- na Yakob
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-yo-MER la-VAN le-ya-a-KOV MEH a-SI-ta va-ti-ge-NOV et-le-va-VI
- sentence
va-yo-MER la-VAN le-ya-a-KOV MEH a-SI-ta va-ti-ge-NOV et-le-va-VI va-te-na-HEG et-be-no-TAI ki-she-vu-YOT kha-REV
In context — Genesis 31:26
said Laban to Jacob what have you done you stole my heart you led away my daughters like captive women of sword
About this coordinate
Genesis 31:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 31:26, 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.31.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.26.W3.S1) and character.