יעקוב

Arabic

Proper noun

יעקוב • (yaʕqūb) m

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb, “Jacob (Biblical character)”)‎‎
   • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎^[1], Exodus 1:1:

     הדׄה אסמא בני אסראיל אלדאכׄלין אלי מצר מע יעקוב רגׄל ואלה דכׄלו׃

     hāḏihi ʔasmāʔu banī ʔisrāʔīla d-dāḵilīna ʔilā miṣra maʕa yaʕqūba rajulun wa-ʔilluhu daḵalū.

     These are the names of the sons of Israel entering Egypt. With Jacob, man and his kin entered:

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”).