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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
Gen 25:26; Hos 12:4 i.e.
supplanter; compare with עָקַב
overreach
Gen 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
בלעקב, עתעקב); — יַעֲקוֺב
Jer 30:18 + 3
t. Jeremiah Lev 26:42
יַעֲקֹב 215 t. 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
Gen 25:26 + 205
t. (+ אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק19 t.); also ׳
בֵּית יַע of people (see
בַּיִת
5
d (γ)), ׳
בְּנֵי יַע (see
בֵּן
1
j (β)), ׳
זֶרַע יַע (see
זֶרַע
4
f), ׳
עֵין יַע (see
עַיִן
), etc.
2. as proper name [of a people] (c. 100 t.; poetry and prophets) Num 24:5; Num 24:19; Deut 32:9; Ps 44:5; Isa 10:21; Isa 17:4; Jer 10:25; Jer 30:7 +; || יִשְׂרָאֵל
Num 23:7; Deut 33:10; Isa 14:1; Ps 14:7 +
approximately 35 t.; specifically of Northern Israel Amos 7:2; Amos 7:5; Hos 12:13 (+ Hos 10:11; Hos 12:3 probably, see Now
), Mic 1:5
(twice in verse); Isa 9:7
of Judah Mic 3:1
; Mic 3:8; Obad 1:10; Isa 65:9; Mal 2:12 + al.
post-exilic; ׳
גְּאוֺן יַע see
גָּאוֺן
; ׳
אֵל יַע
Ps 146:5,
׳
אֱלוֺהַּ יַע
Ps 114:7 ;
׳
אֱלֹהֵי יַע
2Sam 23:1; Isa 2:3 = Mic 4:2 + 9 t. Psalms +
Ps 24:6 (׳
יַע
׳
א for
ᵑ0
׳
יַע alone), so
ᵐ5
ᵑ6
ᵑ9
Ew
Ol
Hup
Bae
We
Che and others; read ׳
יַע
׳
א also probably 2Sam 23:2 (for ׳
יִשׂ
׳
א, || ׳
צוּר יִשׂ)
ᵑ9
HPS; ׳
קְדוֺשׁ יַע
Isa 29:23 (||
׳
יִשׂ
׳
א); ׳
מֶלֶךְ יַע
Isa 41:21 (||
יהוה). — On יַעֲקֹב see especially Dr 'Jacob'
in HastingsDict. Bib. ii. 526 ff.
