Jacob
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Pronunciations

Jacob (JAY-kub) listen
Ya'akov (yah-ah-KOV) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "The theme about Jacob is less that he 'stayed in and studied' and more that he wasn't the aggressive go-getter that Esau was." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • יַעֲקֹב, lit. 'he shall heel'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

      Alternative Spellings

      Yaakov, Ya'akov

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