עקיבא

Aramaic

Proper noun

עֲקִיבָא • (ʿăqīḇā) m

1. a male given name, Akiva
   • c. 44 BCE–274 CE, Gottheil, Richard (1900) “Seven Unpublished Palmyrene Inscriptions”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎^[1], number 21, page 111

     𐡰𐡳𐡩𐡡𐡠 / 𐡡𐡴 𐡰𐡶𐡰𐡳𐡡 / 𐡢𐡴𐡡𐡠 / 𐡧𐡡𐡫

     עקיבא / בר עתעקב / גרבא / חבל
     ʿqybʾ / br ʿtʿqb / grbʾ / ḥbl
     ʿəqīḇā / bar ʿəṯēʿəqaḇ / gārəḇā / ḥəḇāl

     Aḳiba / Son of Athe-Aḳab / the leper. / Woe!

2. Rabbi Akiva ben Joseph, a major figure in Jewish history, a tanna of the late first century and early second century who contributed to the Mishnah and Midrash Halakha

Hebrew

Etymology

From Aramaic עֲקִיבָא (ʿăqīḇā).

Proper noun

עֲקִיבָא • ('akíva, ʿăqīḇā) m

1. a male given name, Akiva
2. Rabbi Akiva ben Joseph, a major figure in Jewish history, a tanna of the late first century and early second century who contributed to the Mishnah and Midrash Halakha

See also

• רבי עקיבא on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Etymology

From Aramaic עֲקִיבָא (ʿăqīḇā), likely through Hebrew עֲקִיבָא (ʿăqīḇā).

Proper noun

עקיבא • (akive) m

1. a male given name, Akiva
2. Rabbi Akiva ben Joseph, a major figure in Jewish history, a tanna of the late first century and early second century who contributed to the Mishnah and Midrash Halakha

See also

• רבי עקיבא on the Yiddish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^yi