יַעֲקֹב

n.pr.m. et gent. Jacob, Ιακωβ, son of Isaac and Rebekah, father of tribes of Isr. (expl. from עָקֵב heel Gn 25:26; Ho 12:4, i.e. supplanter; cp. with עָקַב overreach Gn 27:36; one closely following according to LagBN 127; connexion with Pal. city (?) called in Egyptian Yʿkb’ara (i.e. יַעֲקֹב־אֵל) is obscure; cf. MeyZAW vi. 1 ff. WMMAs. u. Eur. 162 ff. JenZA x (1895–6), 347 ff.; v. also Bab. n.pr.m. Yaʿḳubilu, Pinches in HomAHT 61, 96, 112; hence OT יַעֲקֹב perhaps orig. יעקבאל or the like, cf. Palm. n.pr. בלעקב, עתעקב);—יַעֲקוֹב Je 30:18 + 3 times Je, Lv 26:42; יַעֲקֹב 215 times Hex. (chiefly JE; 180 times Gn, once Lv, etc.), 34 times ψ, 42 times Is (27 times 40–66), etc.;— as n.pr.m. Gn 25:26 + 205 times (+ אַבְרָהָם, יִצְחָק 19 times); also בֵּית יַע׳ of people (v. בַּיִת 5 d (γ)), בְּנֵי יַע׳ (v. בֵּן 1 j (β)), זֶרַע יַע׳ (v. זֶרַע 4 f), עֵין יַע׳ (v. עַיִן), etc. as n.pr.gent. (c. 100 times; poet. and proph.) Nu 24:5, 19; Dt 32:9 ψ 44:5; Is 10:21; 17:4; Je 10:25; 30:7 +; ‖ יִשְׂרָאֵל Nu 23:7; Dt 33:10; Is 14:1 ψ 14:7 + c. 35 times; specif. of N. Isr. Am 7:2, 5; Ho 12:13 (+ 10:11; 12:13 prob., v. Now), Mi 1:5(×2) Is 9:7; of Judah Mi 3:1, 8; Ob 10; Is 65:9; Mal 2:12 + al. postexilic; גְּאוֹן יַע׳ v. גָּאוֹן; †אֵל יַע׳ ψ 146:5, אֱלוֹהַּ יַע׳ ψ 114:7 †; אֱלֹהֵי יַע׳ 2 S 23:1; Is 2:3 = Mi 4:2 + 9 times ψψ, + ψ 24:6 (א׳ יַע׳ for MT יַע׳ alone), so 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Ew Ol Hup Bae We Che al.; read א׳ יַע׳ also prob. 2 S 23:2 (for א׳ יִשׂ׳, ‖ צוּר יִשׁ׳) 𝔙 HPS; קְדוֹשׁ יַע׳ Is 29:23 (‖ א׳ יִשׂ׳); מֶלֶךְ יַע׳ 41:21 (‖ יהוה).—On יַעֲקֹב v. especially Dr‘Jacob’ in HastingsDict. Bib. ii. 526 ff..