jacob

uncountable · proper noun

A proper noun referring to a male given name of Hebrew origin, also associated with a biblical patriarch and a French biochemist.

• 🇷🇺Имя собственное, относящееся к мужскому имени еврейского происхождения, также связанное с библейским патриархом и французским биохимиком.

1. Biblical figure B2 formal

   In the Old Testament, the son of Isaac and Rebecca, twin brother of Esau, and father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel. He wrestled with an angel and was given the name Israel.

   • Jacob tricked his brother Esau out of his birthright.
   • Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven.
   • After wrestling with the angel, Jacob was renamed Israel.

   🇷🇺Иаков

   Synonyms: israel

2. Scientist C1 formal

   François Jacob (1920-2013), a French biochemist who, along with Jacques Monod, discovered how genes are regulated in cells. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965.

   • Jacob and Monod proposed the operon model of gene regulation.
   • François Jacob's work laid the foundation for molecular biology.
   • He received the Nobel Prize for his discoveries in genetic regulation.

   🇷🇺Ученый

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