Definition of "Yaakov"

Yaakov

/ˈjaː.koʊv/

proper noun
1. (Judaism) The son of Yitzhak and Rivka, twin brother of Esav, and patriarch of the Jews.
  Quotations
  In contrast, Yaakov is associated with the month of Elul, a month characterized by contemplation, in which we, Yaakov’s children, consider our own needed transformation.
  2019, Rachel Timoner, “Book Review: Textual Activism by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz”, in Tikkun‎