Lexical Summary Yaaqob: a son of Isaac, also his desc Original Word: יַעֲקֹבTransliteration: Yaaqob Phonetic Spelling: (yah-ak-obe') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: a son of Isaac, also his desc Meaning: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc Strong's Concordance Jacob From aqab; heel-catcher (i.e. Supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch -- Jacob. see HEBREW aqab Brown-Driver-Briggs H3290. Yaaqob יַּעֲקב344, יַעֲקוֺב5 proper name, masculine and of a people Jacob, Ιακωβ, son of Isaac and Rebekah, father of tribes of Israel (explanation from עָקֵב heel Genesis 25:26; Hosea 12:4; i.e. supplanter; compare with עָקַב overreach Genesis 27:36; one closely following according to LagBN 127; connection with Palestinian city (?) called in Egyptian Y±kb'ara (i.e. יַעֲקֹבאֵֿל) is obscure; compare MeyZAW vi.1 ff. WMMAs.u.Eur.162 ff. JenZA x(1895-6), 347 ff.; see also Babylonian proper name, masculine Ya±‡ubilu, Pinches in HomAHT 61, 96, 112; hence OT יַעֲקֹב perhaps originally יעקבקל or the like. compare Palmyrene proper name עתעקב בלעקב,); — יַעֲקוֺב Jeremiah 30:18 3t. Jeremiah Leviticus 26:42; יַעֲקֹב215t. Hexateuch (chiefly J E; 180 t. Genesis, once Leviticus, etc.), 34 t. Psalms, 42 t. Isaiah (27 t. 40-66), etc.; — 1 as proper name, masculine Genesis 25:26 205t. (+ יִצְחָק אַבְרָהָם,19t.); also יַע ׳בֵּית of people (see בַּיִת 5d (γ)), יַע ׳בְּנֵי (see בֵּן 1j (β)), יַע ׳זֶרַע (see זֶרַע 4f), יַע ׳עֵין (see עַיִן ), etc. 2 as proper name, of a people (c. 100 t.; poetry and prophets) Numbers 24:5, 19; Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalm 44:5; Isaiah 10:21; 17:4; Jeremiah 10:25; 30:7 +; "" יִשְׂרָאֵל Numbers 23:7; Deuteronomy 33:10; Isaiah 14:1; Psalm 14:7 + approximately 35 t.; specifically of Northern Israel Amos 7:2, 5; Hosea 12:13 (+ 10:11; 12:3 probably, see Now), Micah 1:5 (twice in verse); Isaiah 9:7; of Judah Micah 3:1, 8; Obadiah 10; Isaiah 65:9; Malachi 2:12 + al. post-exilic; יַע ׳גְּאוֺן see גָּאוֺן; יַע ׳אֵל Psalm 146:5, יַע ׳אֱלוֺהַּ 114:7 ; יַע ׳אֱלֹהֵי 2 Samuel 23:1; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2 9t. Psalms + Psalm 24:6 (׳א ׳יַע for ׳יַע ᵑ0 alone), so ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 Ew Ol Hup Bae We Che and others; read ׳א ׳יַע also probably 2 Samuel 23:2 (for ׳א ׳יִשׂ, "" יִשׂ ׳צוּר) ᵑ9 HPS; יַע ׳קְדוֺשׁ Isaiah 29:23 ("" ׳א ׳יִשׂ); יַע ׳מֶלֶךְ 41:21 ("" יהוה). — On יַעֲקֹב see especially Dr 'Jacob' in HastingsDict. Bib. ii. 526 ff. |
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