I have always seen the Anglicized version of the name.... Akiba. I guess that "bet" didn't have a dot after all!
Holy Begadkephat!
And we Christians need to remember that Jesus didn't have a stranglehold on "Love your God with your whole heart, strength and mind... and your neighbor as yourself"
These two passages.... from Deuteronomy and Leviticus had already been brought together by some of the rabbis of the time.