Jacobとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 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.

発音

• IPA: /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəb/

固有名詞

Jacob

1. (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; was renamed to Israel.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 25:27, column 2:

     And the boyes grew; and Eſau was a cunning hunter, a man of the fielde: and Iacob was a plaine man, dwelling in tents.

2. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 1927, Ernest Hemingway, chapter III, in The Sun Also Rises:

     "Georgette. How are you called?" "Jacob." "That's a Flemish name." "American too." "You're not a Flamand?" "No, American." "Good, I detest Flamands." - - -
     Brett smiled at him. "I've promised to dance this with Jacob," she laughed. "You've a hell of a biblical name, Jake."

   • 2024 June 5, Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, “Jacob Zuma has made a dramatic comeback in South Africa’s elections. Will he have the last laugh over Ramaphosa?”, in CNN‎:

     Analysts and opinion polls had forecast losses for the ANC but a pivotal factor in the party’s staggering decline was former President Jacob Zuma and his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, which capitalized on widespread discontent within the ANC’s traditional voter base.

同意語

• (father of the Israelites): Israel, Yaakov

派生語

関連する語

• James and its variants
• Jake, Jack, Jay, Jacques, Jakeb
• feminine: Jacqueline

名詞

Jacob (plural Jacobs)

1. A breed of multihorned sheep.
2. (UK, slang, obsolete) A ladder.
   • 1825, M. Egerton, Airy Nothings; Or, Scraps and Naughts, and Odd-cum-shorts, page 26:

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

参照

• (ladder): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary