Ya'akov

Ja·cob (j

In the Bible, the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham. His 12 sons became the progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel.

[Late Latin Iacbus, from Greek Iakb, from Hebrew ya'qb, (God) has protected; see qb in Semitic roots.]

Ja·cob (zhä-kôb

), François Born 1920.

French geneticist. He shared a 1965 Nobel Prize for the study of regulatory activity in body cells.

Jacob [ˈdʒeɪkəb]

1. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) Old Testament the son of Isaac, twin brother of Esau, and father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called Jacob sheep any of an ancient breed of sheep having a fleece with dark brown patches and two or four horns

[sense 2 in allusion to Genesis 30:40]

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Noun	1.	Jacob - French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920) Francois Jacob
	2.	Jacob - (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') Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible patriarch - any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race

Translations

Jacob [ˈdʒeɪkəb] N → Jacob

Jacob

n → Jakob m

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Arthur Jacob Arshawsky Astor Burckhardt Epstein Esau Francois Jacob Hebrews Israelite Israelites Issachar jack ladder Jacob Epstein Jacob Harmensen Jacob sheep Jacob's ladder Jacob's membrane Jacob's staff Jacobi Jacques Lucien Monod	It was he who appointed as minister of justice the kippa-wearing lawyer Ya'akov Ne'eman, who is now busily engaged in securing the all-important position of legal adviser to the government (practically the attorney general) for a judge educated in a Yeshiva (Orthodox school), who lives in one of the more extreme settlements and who has become notorious for several rightist judgments. A Scoundrel with Permission by The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA) Justice Minister Ya'akov Ne'eman was appointed as chief of the taskforce which will develop a report outlining Israel's course of action on the Goldstone report and its ramifications. Israel has to deal with ramifications of Goldstone report - MoD by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) For he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov, to give them. Why Is Man so Advanced in Science & Technology but so Backward in ... by Lope Columna / General interest community	xyst Xystarch xyster XYY XYZ Y Y chromosome Y connection Y current Y level Y moth y'all Y- y-axis Y-chromosome Y-fronts Y-level Y-linked gene Y-scale Y-shaped y. Y2K Y2K bug Y2K compliant YA Ya'akov yabba yabber yabby Yablonovy Mountains Yablonovy Range Yacare yacca yacca podocarp yacht yacht chair yacht club Yacht measurement yacht race Yachter yachtie yachting yachting cap Yachtman yachtsman yachtsmanship yachtswoman yack yack away yackety-yak yad	Y2KOPSEVAL Y2KOPSEVALCONF Y2KWG Y2L Y2Y Y3 Y3K Y4C Y4IT Y4J Y4K Y4L Y4MA Y4PT Y4T Y4Y Y5K Y6K Y7 YA YA Ya Ali Madat Ya Boy Black Ice Ya Gyaw YA RLY Ya'akov Ya'an Ya'aqobh Ya'aqobh Ya'aqobh Ya'aqov Ya'aqov Ya'aqov Ya'kov Ya'kov Ya'kov Ya'll YA- Ya-an Ya-lü Chiang Ya-lü Chiang Ya-lung Ya-Lung River Ya-san Ya-san Yaa Yaa Yaa YAAA YAAAB YAAAMS YAAARC YAAB YAABH YAABI Yaac

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Arthur Jacob Arshawsky
Astor
Burckhardt
Epstein
Esau
Francois Jacob
Hebrews
Israelite
Israelites
Issachar
jack ladder
Jacob Epstein
Jacob Harmensen
Jacob sheep
Jacob's ladder
Jacob's membrane
Jacob's staff
Jacobi
Jacques Lucien Monod

It was he who appointed as minister of justice the kippa-wearing lawyer Ya'akov Ne'eman, who is now busily engaged in securing the all-important position of legal adviser to the government (practically the attorney general) for a judge educated in a Yeshiva (Orthodox school), who lives in one of the more extreme settlements and who has become notorious for several rightist judgments.

A Scoundrel with Permission by The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA)

Justice Minister Ya'akov Ne'eman was appointed as chief of the taskforce which will develop a report outlining Israel's course of action on the Goldstone report and its ramifications.

Israel has to deal with ramifications of Goldstone report - MoD by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)

For he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov, to give them.

Why Is Man so Advanced in Science & Technology but so Backward in ... by Lope Columna / General interest community

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