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And I said unto the king: 'Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?'

אֲבֹתַי֙ (אֲבֹתַ) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

And I said unto the king: 'If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.'

אֲבֹתַ֖י (אֲבֹתַ֖) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not tell their fathers' houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:

אֲבוֹתָם֙ (אֲבוֹתָ) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

And some from among the heads of fathers' houses gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' tunics.

הָֽאָב֔וֹת (אָב֔וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver.

הָֽאָב֗וֹת (אָב֗וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the Law.

הָאָב֜וֹת (אָב֜וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

אֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (אֲבֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

And Thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea;

אֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ (אֲבֹתֵ֖י) 'a.vo.Tei. “ancestors”

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to Thy commandments,

וַאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ (אֲבֹתֵ֖י) 'a.vo.Tei. “ancestors”

Their children also didst Thou multiply as the stars of heaven, and didst bring them into the land, concerning which Thou didst say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

לַאֲבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (אֲבֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awful God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the travail seem little before Thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our f

וְלַאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ (אֲבֹתֵ֖י) 'a.vo.Tei. “ancestors”

neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept Thy law, nor hearkened unto Thy commandments and Thy testimonies, wherewith Thou didst testify against them.

וַאֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ (אֲבֹתֵ֔י) 'a.vo.Tei. “ancestors”

Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that Thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.

לַאֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ (אֲבֹתֵ֗י) 'a.vo.Tei. “ancestors”

And we cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is wri

אֲבֹתֵ֛ינוּ (אֲבֹתֵ֛י) 'a.vo.Tei. “ancestors”

and his brethren, chiefs of fathers' houses, two hundred forty and two; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

לְאָב֔וֹת (אָב֔וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers' houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

הָאָב֑וֹת (אָב֑וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded heads of fathers' houses; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.

אָב֑וֹת 'a.Vot “fathers”

The sons of Levi, heads of fathers' houses, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.

הָֽאָב֔וֹת (אָב֔וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.'

אֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם (אֲבֹ֣תֵי) 'a.Vo.tei. “ancestors”

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was of beautiful form and fair to look on; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

אָ֣ב 'av “a father”אָבִ֙יהָ֙ (אָבִ֙י) 'a.Vi. “father”

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house will perish; and who knoweth whether thou art not come to royal estate for such a time as this?'

אָבִ֖יךְ (אָבִ֖י) 'a.Vi “father”

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out--

אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ (אֲבוֹתָֽ) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.

מֵאָבִ֣יךָ (אָבִ֣י) 'a.Vi. “father”

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;

מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ (אֲבוֹתָֽ) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

If I have said to corruption: 'Thou art my father', to the worm: 'Thou art my mother, and my sister';

אָ֣בִי (אָ֣בִ) 'A.v “[are] father”