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# forefather

«forefather» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A man from an earlier generation of your family; an ancestor** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural forefathers)

### meaning for a pupil

A man from an earlier generation of your family; an ancestor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forefather/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Psalms the forefathers are the earlier generations of Israel, whose sins the people ask not to be punished for. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that the merit of the forefathers helps their children, and also that each generation answers for its own deeds. In the primary lessons: in stories the deeds of forefathers who lived long ago are remembered, and their pride or mistakes are passed on.

### examples

- Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let Thy compassions speedily come to meet us; for we are brought very low. (Writings PSA.79.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forefather/#x1)
- My forefathers came from Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forefather/#x2)
- Our forefathers built this village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forefather/#x3)
- The king cursed the pride of his forefathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forefather/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «forefather» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forefather/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.