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
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
lo-sha-LAKH ya-a-KOV
- clause
ve-et-bi-ne-ya-MIN a-KHI yo-SEF lo-sha-LAKH ya-a-KOV et-e-KHAV
- 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 context — Genesis 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.