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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I’ve seen it transcribed Jacob in France and pronounced zhah – KOB.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">See also the domain name of this website:
<a href="http://klafjacob.com/index.php">http://klafjacob.com/index.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Neil M. Frau-Cortes, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Judaica, Hebraica and Metadata Cataloger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">McKeldin Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">University of Maryland<br>
College Park, MD 20742<br>
Phone (301) 405-9337<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><a href="nfrau@umd.edu">nfrau@umd.edu</a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces@lists.osu.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Taub, Aaron<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 09, 2014 4:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> heb-naco@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Heb-NACO] <span lang="HE" dir="RTL">éà÷àá</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is anyone familiar with the family name <span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
éà÷àá</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have not been consistent so far in establishing this name. The following forms can be found in the Authority File:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yakab<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yakav<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yakov<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yakob<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I can establish it provisionally with the various references, but was wondering if anyone had definitive knowledge.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A<o:p></o:p></p>
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