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title: אַב — father · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אַב (lemma:אַב), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 9 times: father. BDB 1906: n.m. father. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַב

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«אַב» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **father** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** lemma:אַב · **BDB:** אַב

### Glosses

father (5); fathers (2); of (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

father [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. father [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. father (BH אָב);— lit. father, sf. אַ֫בִי Dn 5:13 (v. Behrm Marti), אֲבוּךְ (K§ 53, 2 a) v 11(×3), 18 אֲבוּ֫הִי v 2. pl. fathers, ancestors \[אֲבָהָן Dl.c.

### Jastrow 1903

אַב־

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** a prefix of words of Greek origin answering to αὐ-, au-, e.g. אבטומטוס = αὐτόματος; or to εὐ, e.g. אבגינוס = εὐγενής.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (19 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.18/)

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אַ֖נְתְּ מַלְכָּ֑א אֱלָהָא֙ עִלָּאָ֔ה מַלְכוּתָ֤א וּרְבוּתָא֙ וִיקָרָ֣א וְהַדְרָ֔ה יְהַ֖ב לִנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר אֲבוּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* you O king (the) God (the).Most High the kingdom and the greatness and the honor and the majesty he.gave to Nebuchadnezzar father your

*JPS 1917:* O thou king, God Most High gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;

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[Ezra 5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.12/)

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לָהֵ֗ן מִן־דִּ֨י הַרְגִּ֤זוּ אֲבָהֳתַ֙נָא֙ לֶאֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔א יְהַ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ בְּיַ֛ד נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל כַּסְדָּאָ֑ה וּבַיְתָ֤ה דְנָה֙ סַתְרֵ֔הּ וְעַמָּ֖ה הַגְלִ֥י לְבָבֶֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* but from that they.enraged fathers our (et).the God of the.heavens he.gave them in the.hand of.Nebuchadnezzar the.king of.Babylon the Chaldean and the house this he destroyed.it and the people he.took.into.exile to Babylon

*JPS 1917:* But because that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

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