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In Chapter 25 Ya’akov (a.k.a.: Jacob)’s name was explained as referring to the circumstances of his birth: He was born hanging on to the heel,\u00a0<\/span>\u2018akev,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>of his older twin. His name, then, means something like “The Heeler.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet the translation left out the obvious word play in the Hebrew, leaving us a bit confused by the connection between the description in 25:26: “Then his brother emerged, holding on to the heel of Esau…” and the ‘logical’ result in that verse: “…so they named him Jacob.” Ya’akov\/Jacob is on Esau’s heels, trying to catch up with his older brother, even surpass him, gaining the birthright (chapter 25) and now the first born’s blessing. Capturing nuances of original texts is frequently a problem in translation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here, Esau offers another etymology for Ya’akov’s name. In 27:36, Esau cries angrily, interpreting Ya’akov’s name as a character trait \u2013 he is a “supplanter”, with our translation, or, I suggest: on who overrides, supersedes. Jacob has twice cut before him into the line of seniority and beaten him to the desired prize. In modern Hebrew too, the word appears, not as \u05e2.\u05e7.\u05d1 but rather \u05e2.\u05e7.\u05e4., which means \u201cbreak into a queue out of turn,\u201d or \u201cpass your car on the road.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

In Esau’s reading, Jacob is not a go-getting heeler, but a crooked cheat. Which is another meaning of \u05e2\u05e7\u05d5\u05d1, “crooked”. As Jeremiah 17:9 claims: “\u05e2\u05e7\u05d5\u05d1 \u05d4\u05dc\u05d1 \u05de\u05db\u05dc”, <\/span>\u2018akov halev mikol<\/span><\/em>: \u201cMost devious is the heart.”<\/span><\/p>\n

This is what will be rectified in the renaming of Ya’akov, by divine messenger and God, who seemingly concur with Esau’s understanding when the name of crookedness is replaced by a name based on the word for straight and honest: \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc <\/span>Yisrael<\/span><\/em> (Israel), from \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8, <\/span>yashar<\/span><\/em>, \u201cstraight.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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