The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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אַב אַבָּא‏ n.m. father

father Com. of humans Com. Dan5:2 : נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר אֲבוּהִי‏ . 4QpapTob ar14.1.8=06:16 : פק]ודי א֗בוך די פקדך‏ . TgJ 1Sam17:34 : רָעְיָא הְוָה עַבדָך לַאְבֻוהִי בְעָנָא‏ your servant was a shepherd for his father. TN Num27:7 : ירתו ואחסנה בגו אחי אבוהון‏ inheritance and possession among their father's brothers. honored senior, chief, master OfA^Eg, JLAtg. TgJ Jud17:10 : תִיב עִמִי וַהוֵי לִי לְאָב וֻלכָהִין‏ Stay with me to become a master and priest for me. Heavenly, i.e. God (see also below s.v. ˀabbā) PTA, CPA, Syr. TN Num20:21 : אבוהון דבשמיא‏ their father in heaven.

ancestor, forefather Com. Ezra4:15 : יְבַקַּר בִּסְפַר־דָּכְרָנַיָּא דִּי אֲבָהָתָך‏ Let him investigate in the records of your ancestors. TN Num14:18 : דינה רבה מדכר/מסער/ חובי אבהן רשיען על בנין מרודין‏ a great judge who remembers (var.: exacts vengeance for) the sins of wicked fathers upon rebellious children. PJ Gen31:3 : ארע אבהתך‏ your ancestral land. pl. parents Qumran, Syr, JBA. 4QTQah 1,1:12 : נטרתון והילכתון ירות֗[תא ד]י שבקו לכון אבהתכון‏ . in particular, the three forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (also sg. for any one of them) Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, JBA, LJLA. TgJ Is10:32 : וְכֵין אְתָא עַל אַברָהָם אְבוּנָא‏ thus it happened to our father Abraham. FTP Ex17:12 : הימנות תלת אבהתא צדיקיא‏ the faith of the three righteous forefathers. PJ Gen40:12 : תלתי אבהת עלמא הינון אברהם יצחק ויעקב‏ . CTLevi ar b B.3 : ושרינא בבירת אברהם אבונן לות יצחק אבונה‏ We encamped in our Father Abraham's citadel with our Father Isaac. progenitor, spiritual founder PTA. TN Gen4:20 : אבוהון דדרי משכנא וקניין בעיר‏ progenitor of those who live in tents and possess cattle.

ˀabbā : my father, dad (vocative or referential) JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBA, LJLA. TgO Gen19:34 : הָא שְכֵיבִית בְרַמשִי עִם אַבָא‏ look I have spent my night lying with Dad. GT C Gen31:42 : אְלָדֵיה דְּאֶבָּא‏ Dad's God. TN Gen19:34 : הא שמשת/אזדמנת/ ברמשא עם אבא‏ . PJ Gen22:7 : ואמר יצחק לאברהם אבוי ואמר אבא ואמר האנא‏ .

fig.: (of a non-animate substantive) origin, cause Qumran, Syr, JBA. creator, source Qumran, Syr. 11QtgJob 31.5=38:28 : האיתי למטרא אב‏ does rain have a father?. 'source' as an architectural term JLAtg. TgJ 1K6:4 : בֵית אְבָהָת רֵישֵי שָריָת אַרזַיָא‏ at the place of the main joins of the cedar beams.

byt ˀb, ܒܝܬ ܐܒ‏ : family, clan OA, Qumran, Syr. 4QTob b4.1.17=06:11 : וג]ב֗ר֗א מן בית אבונא הוא‏ The man was from our family. אב דאב‏ : paternal grandfather Palmyrene, PTA, JBA. FTV Gen48:22 : אברהם אבוי דאבא‏ Abraham, my paternal grandfather.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 31; DJBA: 72; Jastrow: 2; Levy Ch-W: 1:1; Tal Sam: 1; DNWSI: 1; DJA: 29a; Cook,Qumran: 1;

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Derivatives:

ˀbw, ˀbwtˀ (ˀabbōṯā, ˀăḇūṯā) n.f. #2 defense, advocacy

ˀḥb, ˀḥbˀ n.m. father's brother

byt ˀb n.m. extended family

rb byt ˀb, rb byt ˀbˀ n.m. family head

br ˀḥ ˀb n.m. paternal cousin