Explore Yaakov through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Yaakov in a sentence
Yaakov meaning
The son of Yitzhak and Rivka, twin brother of Esav, and patriarch of the Jews.
Using Yaakov
- The main meaning on this page is: The son of Yitzhak and Rivka, twin brother of Esav, and patriarch of the Jews.
- In the example corpus, yaakov often appears in combinations such as: yaakov litzman, minister yaakov, neve yaakov.
Context around Yaakov
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yaakov
- In this selection, "yaakov" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, neve, yigal, jews, yaniv, didn and yisrael stand out and add context to how "yaakov" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and yigal yaakov yaniv and and ben yaakov said that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yaakov" sits close to words such as abdi, absa and absconding, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yaakov
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But like many Jews, Yaakov didn’t initially get the hint. (11 words)
Yaakov traveled to a place beyond place, a time beyond time. (11 words)
This indicates that Yaakov, not necessarily Israel but Yaakov, had achieved his full greatness. (14 words)
Additionally, the Israeli military official noted that they are on a “manhunt” – both for the terrorist who killed the brothers Hallel Menachem Yaniv and Yigal Yaakov Yaniv and the person who shot and killed Palestinian man Sameh Aktash during the riots. (41 words)
After all, even though he was blind, he said “Hakol kol Yaa’kov vehyadayim yedie Eisav” (27:22), he was able to identify Eisav by his rough hands and his brash speech and Yaakov by his respectful manner and gentle voice. (41 words)
Funerals were held over the weekend for the victims, including 6-year-old Yaakov Yisrael Paley on Friday, and his brother, 8-year-old Asher Menahem Paley, and 20-year-old Alter Shlomo Lederman, on Saturday night. (37 words)
Yaakov, how does your physician’s extra 20 years of experience make him more qualified to give an opinion on a brand new product for a new illness in a brand new world situation? (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
This indicates that Yaakov, not necessarily Israel but Yaakov, had achieved his full greatness.
Additionally, the Israeli military official noted that they are on a “manhunt” – both for the terrorist who killed the brothers Hallel Menachem Yaniv and Yigal Yaakov Yaniv and the person who shot and killed Palestinian man Sameh Aktash during the riots.
After all, even though he was blind, he said “Hakol kol Yaa’kov vehyadayim yedie Eisav” (27:22), he was able to identify Eisav by his rough hands and his brash speech and Yaakov by his respectful manner and gentle voice.
A lone Palestinian killed seven people in the settlement of Neve Yaakov—a “neighbourhood” in east Jerusalem built as part of Israel’s efforts to claim Palestinian land—last Friday.
But like many Jews, Yaakov didn’t initially get the hint.
Funerals were held over the weekend for the victims, including 6-year-old Yaakov Yisrael Paley on Friday, and his brother, 8-year-old Asher Menahem Paley, and 20-year-old Alter Shlomo Lederman, on Saturday night.
Israeli police confirmed several people were killed and others injured in a shooting attack in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood in Jerusalem on Friday evening.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives statement to the media following the deadly terror attack in Neve Yaakov Friday night, at the Police headquarters in Jerusalem on January 27,2023.
Lavan did give chase with intentions to harm Yaakov but the Creator appeared to him in a dream, warning him against such a course.
On January 27, a Palestinian shot dead seven people outside a synagogue before being killed by police in the Jewish settlement of Neve Yaakov, in annexed east Jerusalem.
Otzma Yehudit chief Itamar Ben Gvir (R) and Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai attend a Hanukkah ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, December 19, 2022.
The children of Yaakov know they are favored because of the redemption that is performed for them.
The shooting in the Jewish neighbourhood of Neve Yaakov followed a deadly raid by the Israeli military on Thursday in the occupied West Bank that killed nine Palestinians, with a 10th killed later north of Jerusalem.
Ultra-Orthodox children on the first day of school in Neve Yaakov in Jerusalem, August 9, 2021.
Yaakov, how does your physician’s extra 20 years of experience make him more qualified to give an opinion on a brand new product for a new illness in a brand new world situation?
Yaakov traveled to a place beyond place, a time beyond time.
Yaakov works hard to keep make his children “strong men” so that they can continue to build history.
Ben Yaakov said that once Hezbollah targets electricity infrastructure it will be only days before water runs out.
Binyamin Berger, a rebbe in a yeshiva for Russian immigrants, noticed that Yaakov, looked a little pale.
But Yaakov Amidror, a retired major general who headed Israel’s National Security Council, said that in security terms “there was no need to close Al Jazeera.
Common combinations with yaakov
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: