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Jacob

name
/ˈd͡ʒeɪkəb/

Etymology

From Middle English Iacob, from Late Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel”). Doublet of James, Yaakov, and Yakub.

  1. derived from יַעֲקֹב
  2. derived from Ἰάκωβος
  3. derived from Iācōbus
  4. inherited from Iacob

Definitions

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.

  2. A breed of multihorned sheep.

  3. A ladder.

    • Where's the Jacob? — the what, sir? — the Jacob! the ladder ye fool!

The neighborhood

Derived

Jacari, Jacob Creek, Jacobean, Jacob sheep, Jacob's ladder, Jacob's membrane, Jacobs River, Jacob's staff

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at Jacob. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at jacob. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at jacob

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA