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Strong's #3290 - יַעֲקֹב
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- Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter"
- son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel
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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 Lag BN 127; connection with Palestinian city (?) called in Egyptian Y±kb'ara (i.e. יַעֲקֹבאֵֿל) is obscure; compare Mey ZAW vi.1ff. WMM As.u.Eur.162ff. Jen ZA x(1895-6), 347 ff.; see also Babylonian proper name, masculine Ya±‡ubilu, Pinches in Hom AHT 61,96, 112; hence OT יַעֲקֹב perhaps originally יעקבקל or the like. compare Palmyrene proper name בלעקב, עתעקב); — יַעֲקוֺב Jeremiah 30:18 3t. Jeremiah Leviticus 26:42; יַעֲקֹב215t. Hexateuch (chiefly J E; 180t. Genesis , once Leviticus , etc.), 34t. Psalm , 42t. Isaiah (27t. 40-66), etc.; — 1 as
proper name, masculine Genesis 25:26 205t. (+ אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק19t.); also ׳בֵּית יַע of people (see בַּיִת 5d (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. 100t.; poetry and prophets) Numbers 24:5,19; Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalm 44:5; Isaiah 10:21; Isaiah 17:4; Jeremiah 10:25; Jeremiah 30:7 +; "" יִשְׂרָאֵל Numbers 23:7; Deuteronomy 33:10; Isaiah 14:1; Psalm 14:7 + approximately 35t.; specifically of Northern Israel Amos 7:2,5; Hosea 12:13 (+ Hosea 10:11; Hosea 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; ׳גְּאוֺן יַע see גָּאוֺן; ׳אֵל יַע Psalm 146:5, ׳אֱלוֺהַּ יַע Psalm 114:7; ׳אֱלֹהֵי יַע 2 Samuel 23:1; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2 9t. Psalm + Psalm 24:6 (׳יַע׳א for ᵑ0׳יַע alone), so ᵐ5ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Ew Ol Hup Bae We Che and others; read ׳יַע׳א also probably 2 Samuel 23:2 (for ׳יִשׂ׳א, "" ׳צוּר יִשׂ) ᵑ9 HPS; ׳קְדוֺשׁ יַע Isaiah 29:23 ("" ׳יִשׂ׳א); ׳מֶלֶךְ יַע Isaiah 41:21 ("" יהוה). — On יַעֲקֹב see especially Dr 'Jacob' in Hastings Dict. Bib. ii. 526 ff.
יַעֲקֹב (“taking hold of the heel, supplanter, layer of snares,” comp. Genesis 25:26, 27:36 Hosea 12:4), pr.n. Jacob, the younger of the twin sons of Isaac; also called Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל); the ancestor of the nation of Israel, -Gen. 2550. אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב the God of Jacob, i.e. Jehovah, Isaiah 2:3; Psalms 20:2. בֵּית יַעֲקֹב and simply יַעֲקֹב the house or family of Jacob; poetically used of the people of Israel, i.q. יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל compare עֵשָׂו. Used of the land of Israel, Genesis 49:7 elsewhere used of the whole people regarded as one person, e.g. Isa 41:1-29, 43, 44, 45, etc.; rarely used of the kingdom of Ephraim, Hosea 12:3; Micah 1:5; Isaiah 17:4 or even, as also Israel is used in the later books, of the kingdom of Judah, Obadiah 1:18; Nahum 2:3.