Moses vs Jacob - What's the difference?
moses | jacob |
The pharaonic patriarch who led the slaved Jews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.
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* 1952 (w, Singin' in the Rain): Moses supposes (a song):
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A dialect of the Columbia-Wenatchi language
A large flatboat used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship.
(Webster 1913)
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One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites.
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* 1927 Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises : Chapter III:
A breed of multihorned sheep.
As a noun moses
is .As a proper noun jacob is
(label) , equivalent to english (jacob).moses
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses' up to the top of the mount; and ' Moses went up.
- Moses' supposes his toeses are roses, / But '''Moses''' supposes erroneously, / '''Moses''' he knowses his toeses aren't roses, / As ' Moses supposes his toeses to be!
Derived terms
* Moses basketNoun
jacob
English
(wikipedia Jacob)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents
- "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."