Yaakov
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈjaː.koʊv/, /ja.(ʔ)aˈkoʊv/
Proper noun
Yaakov
- (Judaism) The son of Yitzhak and Rivka, twin brother of Esav, and patriarch of the Jews.
- 2019, Rachel Timoner, “Book Review: Textual Activism by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz”, in Tikkun:
- In contrast, Yaakov is associated with the month of Elul, a month characterized by contemplation, in which we, Yaakov’s children, consider our own needed transformation.
- Synonym: Jacob
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