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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">My guess is that it's Germanic: Yakob/Jakob. The first two don't seem worth bothering with.<br>
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Barry<br>
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Barry Dov Walfish, Ph.D.<br>
Judaica Specialist<br>
University of Toronto Libraries <br>
Toronto, ON M5S 1A5<br>
Canada</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;" id="divRpF923835"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Heb-naco [heb-naco-bounces@lists.osu.edu] on behalf of Taub, Aaron [atau@loc.gov]<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] יאקאב<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is anyone familiar with the family name <span dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="HE">
יאקאב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have not been consistent so far in establishing this name. The following forms can be found in the Authority File:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yakab</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yakav</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yakov</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yakob</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I can establish it provisionally with the various references, but was wondering if anyone had definitive knowledge.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A</p>
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