{"query": "Jacob Who Wrestled", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_f3830fc2cbb6", "title": "Jacob Who Wrestled", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The supplanter wrestles all night with the Man; will not let go without blessing; is renamed Israel; limps the rest of his life.\n\nFailure mode: Earlier life as deceiver; striving to grasp what was pro", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "Archetype — Bible", "generated": false}, {"id": "card_src_word_jacob", "title": "jacob", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "jacob: (noun) French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920) — syn: Francois Jacob · (noun) (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of th", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "WordNet 3.0, Princeton University (WordNet License)", "generated": false}, {"id": "card_src_pron_wrestled", "title": "wrestled", "shelf": "pronunciation", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "wrestled: pronounced (ARPABET) R EH1 S AH0 L D. 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