jacob
/JH EY1 K AH0 B/noun
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A male given name from Hebrew.
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(biblical) One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites (Jews and Samaritans) by 12 sons by 4 consorts, most famously Judah and Joseph who fathered Manasseh.
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(Mormonism) The fifth son of Lehi and one of the younger brothers of Nephi, author of one of the books in the Book of Mormon.
- 4
A breed of multihorned sheep.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A ladder.
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