Jacob
A breed of multihorned sheepA breed of multihorned sheep.
» Jacob bought a present for his friend.
Яков купил своему другу подарок. — marafon
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2 sensesA breed of multihorned sheep.
(UK, obsolete, slang)A ladder.
- (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning ‘one who has been strong against God’)
- French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
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From Middle English Iacob, from Late Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos),From Middle English Iacob, from Late Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), 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 James, Yaakov, and Yakub.
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