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s | jacob |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a proper noun jacob is

(label) , equivalent to english (jacob).

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    jacob

    English

    (wikipedia Jacob)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites.
  • *
    • And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents
  • .
  • * 1927 Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises : Chapter III:
    • "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."
  • A breed of multihorned sheep.

    • Synonyms

    * (father of the Israelites): Israel

    Derived terms

    * Jacobean * Jacob's ladder * Jacob's membrane * Jacob's staff

    Related terms

    * James and its variants * Jake, Jay, Jacques * feminine: Jacqueline