[Heb-NACO] יאקאב

[Robert M. TALBOTT]

I agree that the name is in all likelihood Germanic. Sure enough, the
Leksikon fun der nayer Yidisher literatur actually gives an entry for
Ya[dot]kov, Moysheh. For my money, that's authoritative as far as the 100
goes and a provisional record can be avoided.

I think the remaining three forms are reasonable, and I'd include them as
x-refs just to make access likely, but cataloger judgement should carry the
day.

"Zh" is of course the English speaker's phonetic rendering of the French
"J", so I don't think I'd automatically add "Zhakob" to the list of
possibilities unless it was attested to in print. My two cents.

Enjoy the holidays folks.

B





On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Barry Walfish <barry.walfish at utoronto.ca>
wrote:

>  My guess is that it's Germanic: Yakob/Jakob. The first two don't seem
> worth bothering with.
>
> Barry
>
> Barry Dov Walfish, Ph.D.
> Judaica Specialist
> University of Toronto Libraries
> Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
> Canada
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Heb-naco [heb-naco-bounces at lists.osu.edu] on behalf of Taub,
> Aaron [atau at loc.gov]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 09, 2014 4:48 PM
> *To:* heb-naco at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> *Subject:* [Heb-NACO] יאקאב
>
>   Dear Colleagues,
>
>
>
> Is anyone familiar with the family name יאקאב?
>
>
>
> We have not been consistent so far in establishing this name.  The
> following forms can be found in the Authority File:
>
>
>
> Yakab
>
>
>
> Yakav
>
>
>
> Yakov
>
>
>
> Yakob
>
>
>
> I can establish it provisionally with the various references, but was
> wondering if anyone had definitive knowledge.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> A
>
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