Genesis 37:2:3Gen.37.2.W3PAT
יַעֲקֹ֗ב
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
- Иакова
- Arabic-Simplified
- يَعْقُوب
- 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
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-a-KOV
- phraseyour reading level
E-leh to-le-DOT ya-a-KOV
- clause
E-leh to-le-DOT ya-a-KOV yo-SEF ben-she-va-e-se-RE sha-NA ha-YA ro-E et-e-KHAV ba-TSOHN ve-HU NA-ar et-be-NEI vi-le-HA ve-et-be-NEI zil-PA ne-SHEI a-VIV
- sentence
E-leh to-le-DOT ya-a-KOV yo-SEF ben-she-va-e-se-RE sha-NA ha-YA ro-E et-e-KHAV ba-TSOHN ve-HU NA-ar et-be-NEI vi-le-HA ve-et-be-NEI zil-PA ne-SHEI a-VIV va-ya-VE yo-SEF et-dib-ba-TAM ra-AA el-a-vi-HEM
In context — Genesis 37:2
these generations of Jacob Joseph a son of seventeen year was shepherding his brothers in the flock and he a youth sons of Bilhah and sons of Zilpah wives of his father and brought Joseph their report bad to their father
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 37:2, so the Hebrew word יַעֲקֹ֗ב (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.37.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.2.W3.S1) and character.