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dir="ltr"><div class="disambig-see-also"><i>See also:</i> <b class="Hebr"><a href="/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91%D6%BF" title="יעקבֿ">יעקבֿ</a></b></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hebrew">Hebrew</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Hebrew"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, 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th.outer.inflection-table-brown{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-4)}.mw-parser-output tr.inflection-table-brown-darker td,.mw-parser-output td.inflection-table-brown-darker{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-brown-1)!important}</style> <table class="inflection-table"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_root" class="extiw" title="w:Semitic root">Root</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%A2%D6%BE%D7%A7%D6%BE%D7%91&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ע־ק־ב (page does not exist)">ע־ק־ב</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">ʿ-q-b</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Category:Hebrew_terms_belonging_to_the_root_%D7%A2%D6%BE%D7%A7%D6%BE%D7%91" title="Category:Hebrew terms belonging to the root ע־ק־ב">3 terms</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <ul id="Hebrew:_Jacob"></ul> <p>From the imperfect of <i class="Hebr mention" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91#Hebrew" title="עקב">עָקַב</a></i>, related to <i class="Hebr mention" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91#Hebrew" title="עקב">עָקֵב</a></i> (heel). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberian_Hebrew" class="extiw" title="w:Tiberian Hebrew">Tiberian Hebrew</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Hebrew_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Hebrew pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ja.ʕă.ˈqoːv/ [jaː.ʕa.ˈqoːv]</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemenite_Hebrew" class="extiw" title="w:Yemenite Hebrew">Yemenite Hebrew</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Hebrew_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Hebrew pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ja.ʕə.ˈqøv/ [jæː.ʕæ.ˈqøːv]</span>, <span class="IPA">[jæː.ʕæ.ˈqeːv]</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a 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lang="he">יַעֲקֹב</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Hebrew_transliteration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:Hebrew transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="he-Latn" class="headword-tr manual-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">ya'akóv</span>)</span>   </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#defective_spelling" title="Appendix:Glossary">defective spelling</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Hebr mention" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91#Hebrew" title="יעקוב">יעקוב</a></i></span></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H3290&t=WLC">H3290</a> in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Strong_(theologian)" class="extiw" title="w:James Strong (theologian)">Strong, James</a> (<span class="None" lang="und">1979</span>) <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong%27s_Concordance" class="extiw" title="w:Strong's Concordance">Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible</a></cite></span></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=יעקב&oldid=83975351">https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=יעקב&oldid=83975351</a>"</div></div> <div 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