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in reply to a message by Christo
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> It would be interesting to me if these names (Jacob and James, Latin Iacob et Iacobus) are really the same in Hebrew. <
As far as I can tell there is no Hebrew James. Yaacov, and its variations, are Jacob.
I searched briefly and came to this discussion; I'm sure there are others as well: http://www.bibletexts.com/qa/qa138.htm
> It would be interesting to me if these names (Jacob and James, Latin Iacob et Iacobus) are really the same in Hebrew. <
As far as I can tell there is no Hebrew James. Yaacov, and its variations, are Jacob.
I searched briefly and came to this discussion; I'm sure there are others as well: http://www.bibletexts.com/qa/qa138.htm
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