Aramaic

Proper noun

יעקוב • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. (biblical) Jacob
2. A male given name.

Hebrew

Verb

יעקוב \ יַעֲקֹב • ‎(yaʿaqóv)

1. Third-person masculine singular future tense (prefix conjugation) of עָקַב ‎(ʿaqáv), to follow.

Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic يَعْقُوبُ ‎(yaʿqūbu).

Proper noun

יעקוב ‎(yaʿqūbu)

1. Jacob (Biblical character)
   • Exodus 1:1 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)

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

     hāḏihi ʾasmāʾu banī ʾisrāʾīla ad-dāḵilīna ʾilā miṣra maʿa yaʿqūba rajulun waʾilluhu daḵalū.

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