Hebrew · Strong's H3290

יַעֲקֹב

Yaʻăqôb · yah-ak-obe' · proper noun · “Jacob”

Risposte

Yaaqóv — Giacobbe — è il patriarca rinominato Israele. Il suo nome ebraico gioca su «calcagno» e «soppiantatore», ma Dio rimodella per sempre la sua vita e il suo nome.

Risposta rapida tradotta con l'aiuto dell'IA e in revisione. La spiegazione completa è mostrata in inglese.

Yaakov’s name plays on the Hebrew for “heel” (he was born grasping his brother’s heel) and on “supplanter.” His early life lives down to the name: deception, wrestling, struggle.

But God meets him, renames him Yisrael, and weaves him into the line of the Messiah. Jacob’s story is a portrait of grace: God does not write us off; he renames us.

Strong's reference

Definition: Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

KJV usage: Jacob.

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Versetti chiave BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Genesis 25:26 “After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.” Genesis 32:28 “Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”” Malachi 1:2 ““I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,”