Genesis 37:1:2Gen.37.1.W2PAT
יַעֲקֹ֔ב
yaakov
“Jacob”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-KOV
- Extended
- yah-ah-KOHV
- IPA
- /ja.ʕa.ˈqoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jacob
- French
- Jacob
- Spanish
- Jacob
- Portuguese
- Jacó
- German
- Jakob
- Russian
- Иаков
- Arabic-Simplified
- يعقوب
- Hindi
- याकूब
- Chinese-Simplified
- 雅各
- Korean
- 야곱
- Indonesian
- Yakub
- Bengali
- যাকোব
- Tagalog
- Jacob
- Swahili
- Yakobo
- Amharic
- ያዕቆብ
- Yoruba
- Jakọbu
- Igbo
- Jekọb
- Twi
- Yakob
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
יַ + עֲ + קֹ֔ב
↓
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-YE-shev ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-YE-shev ya-a-KOV be-E-rets me-gu-RE a-VIV
- sentence
va-YE-shev ya-a-KOV be-E-rets me-gu-RE a-VIV be-E-rets ke-na-AN
In context — Genesis 37:1
and dwelt Jacob in the land of the sojournings of his father in the land Canaan
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 37:1, so the Hebrew word יַעֲקֹ֔ב (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.37.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.1.W2.S1) and character.