Genesis 42:4:5Gen.42.4.W5PAT

יַעֲקֹ֖ב

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
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
Ewe
Yakob

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Result
יַ + עֲ + קֹ֖ב
ya + a + kov
yaakov

Alphabet Analysis

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

    ya-a-KOV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lo-sha-LAKH ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    ve-et-bi-ne-ya-MIN a-KHI yo-SEF lo-sha-LAKH ya-a-KOV et-e-KHAV

  4. sentence

    ve-et-bi-ne-ya-MIN a-KHI yo-SEF lo-sha-LAKH ya-a-KOV et-e-KHAV KI a-MAR pen-yi-ke-ra-EN-nu a-SON

In contextGenesis 42:4

and Benjamin brother of Joseph did not send Jacob with his brothers for he said lest befall him calamity

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 42:4, so the Hebrew word יַעֲקֹ֖ב (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.42.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.4.W5.S1) and character.