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- Biblical Hebrew · derived fromיַעֲקֹב
- English todayYaakov
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.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.