אָב 1191 noun masculine father (Phoenician
אב, Assyrian
abu, Arabic
أَبً, Sabean
אב CIS
iv, 1, 37 1. 2 and others, Ethiopic
አብ፡ Aramaic
אַבָּא,
axBAf — absolute
אָב Genesis 44:19 +
47 times; construct
אַב Genesis 17:4,
5; (compare in
אַבְרָהָם ib. & elsewhere in proper names. On Hal's proposed
אֲבִר see
אברהם);
אֲבִי (compare Ge
§§ 90, 3b, 96)
Genesis 4:20 +; suffix
אָבִי Genesis 19:34 + (MI
אבי);
אָבִיךָ Genesis 12:1 +;
אָבִיו Genesis 2:24 +;
אָבִ֫יהוּ Judges 14:10 +
6 times; plural
אָבוֺת Exodus 12:3 +; construct
אֲבוֺת Exodus 6:25 +
7 times; suffix
אֲבוֺתַי (
אֲבֹתַי,
אֲבוֺתָ֑י)
Genesis 47:9 +
15 times;
אֲבוֺתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 4:38 +
32 times (late);
אֲבוֺתָם Exodus 4:5 +
106 times etc.;
1. father of individual Genesis 2:24 (+
אֵם)
Genesis 11:28,
29 (twice in verse);
Genesis 19:31,
32,
33, + often (mostly J E D); of father as commanding
Genesis 50:16 (J)
Jeremiah 35:6f,
Proverbs 6:20 (compare
Genesis 18:19; J
Genesis 28:1,
6 P
1 Samuel 17:20;
1 Kings 2:1); instructing
מוסר Proverbs 1:8;
Proverbs 4:1 (compare
Deuteronomy 8:5); specifically as begetter,
genitor Proverbs 23:22;
Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse) (+
אֵם)
Isaiah 45:10; compare
Genesis 49:4 (J)
Leviticus 18:7,
8,
11 (P); rebuking
Genesis 37:10; loving
Genesis 37:4;
Genesis 44:20 (JE; compare
Genesis 22:2;
Genesis 25:28;
Genesis 37:3;
2 Samuel 14:1); pitying
Psalm 103:13 (in simile compare
2 Samuel 18:5); blessing
Genesis 27:41 (JE compare
Genesis 27:4; also
Genesis 28:1 P +); as glad
Proverbs 10:1;
Proverbs 15:20; compare
Proverbs 29:3; grieving
Genesis 37:35 (JE; compare
2 Samuel 12:22;
2 Samuel 19:1;
2 Samuel 19:2f) etc. Also as object of honour, obedience, love
Exodus 20:12 (E)=
Deuteronomy 5:16;
Exodus 21:15,
17 (E)
Deuteronomy 21:18,
19;
Genesis 28:7 (P)
1 Kings 19:20 (all +
אֵם),
Genesis 50:1;
Genesis 50:5 (J)
Malachi 1:6 etc. Hence metaphor of
intimate connection Job 17:14 to corruption I cry, My father art thou (||
אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּה).
4. ancestor
5. originator or
patron of a class, profession, or art
Genesis 4:20,
21.
6. figurative of
producer, Generator Job 38:28 הֲיֵשׁ לַמָּטָר אָ֑ב (||
הוֺלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ מִי־).
7. figurative of
benevolence & protection
Job 29:6 אָב אָֽנֹכִי לָֽאֶבְיוֺנִים, compare
Job 31:18; of Eliakim
Isaiah 22:21; perhaps also of gracious Messianic king
אֲבִי עַד Isaiah 9:5 [
Isaiah 9:6]
everlasting father (Ge Ew De Che Brd Di) — others
divider of spoil (Abarb Hi Kn Kue Br
MP).
9. specifically,
ruler, chief (late)
1 Chronicles 2:24,
42 (twice in verse); etc. (compare Ew
§ 273 b) see also Ew
Geschichte. i. 524. H i. 365. On the force of
אָב in proper names (in many probably a divine title), see Che
Ency. Bib., ABI, NAMES WITH Nö
ib., NAMES, §§ 44, 45.
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