יעקוב

Aramaic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jaʕqob/

Proper noun

יעקוב • (transliteration needed)

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

Hebrew

Verb

יעקוב \ יַעֲקֹב • (yaʿaqóv)

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

Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic يَعْقُوبُ‎ (yaʿqūbu).

Proper noun

יעקוב (yaʿqūbu)

  1. Jacob (Biblical character)
    • Exodus 1:1 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
      ‏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:
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