יעקוב

Aramaic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaʕqob/

Proper noun

יעקוב • (transliteration needed)

1. (biblical) Jacob
2. a male given name.

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Hebrew

Verb

יעקוב \ יַעֲקֹב • (yaʿaqóv)

1. Third-person masculine singular future (prefix conjugation) of עָקַב (ʿaqáv), to follow.

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Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic يَعْقُوبُ (yaʕqūbu).

Proper noun

יעקוב • (yaʿqūbu)

1. Jacob (Biblical character)
   • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎^[1], Exodus 1:1:

     הדׄה אסמא בני אסראיל אלדאכׄלין אלי מצר מע יעקוב רגׄל ואלה דכׄלו׃

     hāḏihi ʾasmāʾu banī ʾisrāʾīla d-dāḵilīna ʾilā miṣra maʿa yaʿqūba rajulun waʾilluhu daḵalū.

     These are the names of the sons of Israel entering Egypt. With Jacob, man and his kin entered: