Yaakov

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Yaakov

/ˈjaː.koʊv/ US
/ja.(ʔ)aˈkoʊv/ US

Where it comes from

From Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “May He Heel”), from the third-person singular masculine imperfective form of the Semitic verb "to heel" (with various meanings), in turn from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel of the foot”). Doublet of Jacob and James.

proper noun

Judaism The son of Yitzhak and Rivka, twin brother of Esav, and patriarch of the Jews. In contrast, Yaakov is associated with the month of Elul, a month characterized by contemplation, in which we, Yaakov’s children, consider our own needed transformation.
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@misc{yaakov_2026,
  title = {Yaakov},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yaakov},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}