jacob

indénombrable · nom propre

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

• 🇫🇷Nom propre masculin d'origine hébraïque, associé au patriarche biblique et au biochimiste français.

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.

   🇫🇷Jacob (patriarche biblique)

   Synonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷François Jacob

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