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# jacob

«jacob» in Mova's school dictionary: **A boy's or man's first name** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Jacob; a proper noun, a first name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A boy's or man's first name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jacob/#m1)

2) In the Bible, Jacob is the son of Isaac and the father of twelve sons, including Joseph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jacob/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is a common boy's name in English-speaking countries; «Jake» and «Jakey» are short forms. In religious education the story of Jacob, his brother Esau and Joseph's coat is well known. «Jacob's ladder» is a toy and a name for a rope ladder; «Jacob sheep» are a spotty breed.

### examples

- Jacob is the tallest boy in our class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jacob/#x1)
- Jacob's mum picks him up after school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jacob/#x2)
- In the Bible, Jacob had twelve sons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jacob/#x3)
- Jacob and Esau were twin brothers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jacob/#x4)
- We call him Jake for short, but his name is Jacob. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jacob/#x5)
- Jacob sheep have black and white spots and four horns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jacob/#x6)

### note

A name always starts with a capital letter: Jacob. Possessive: «Jacob's». Related names in other languages: James (from the same old name), Jakob, Jacques, Yakov.

### In the corpora

- [Jacob believed it until he saw kids queuing with cones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home/16/)
- [Jacob's mum in Leeds told him the ice-cream van plays its music when it has run out of ice cream.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/443-grown-ups-little-lies-the-ice-cream-van/0/)
- [Years later Esau ran to meet Jacob and hugged him instead of taking revenge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob/4/)
- [Jacob and Esau were twin brothers, the sons of Isaac and Rebekah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob/13/)
- [Jacob tricked Esau out of his birthright and his father's blessing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jacob» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jacob/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.