H0001G–אָב–av

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.

אָבִ֑יו (אָבִ֑י) 'a.Vi “ancestor”

Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do according unto all that is written in this book.

אֲבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ (אֲבוֹתֵ֙י) 'a.vo.Tei. “ancestors”

Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof. And they brought back word to the king.

אֲבֹתֶ֗יךָ (אֲבֹתֶ֗י) 'a.vo.Tei. “ancestors”

And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [ergänzt: to it]. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (אֲבוֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Jehovah their God. All his days they departed not from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (אֲבוֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

And prepare yourselves after your fathers' houses by your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (אֲבוֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brethren the children of the people, and [ergänzt: let there be for each] a portion of a fathers' house of the Levites.

הָֽאָב֔וֹת (אָב֔וֹת) 'a.Vot “ancestors”אָ֖ב 'av “an ancestor”

And they removed the burnt-offerings, that they might give them according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the children of the people, to offer unto Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.

אָבוֹת֙ 'a.Vot “ancestors”

So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

אֲבֹתָ֑יו (אֲבֹתָ֑י) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

אָבִ֖יו (אָבִ֖י) 'a.Vi “father”

And Jehovah, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place:

אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֧ם (אֲבוֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “ancestors”

Then rose up the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses] of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem.

הָאָב֗וֹת (אָב֗וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, [ergänzt: and] Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

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

And some of the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses], when they came to the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place:

הָֽאָב֔וֹת (אָב֔וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses], the old men that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

הָאָב֜וֹת (אָב֜וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses], and said unto them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

הָֽאָב֗וֹת (אָב֗וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses] of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us in building a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

הָֽאָבוֹת֙ (אָבוֹת֙) 'a.Vot “fathers”

Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem;

אֲבוֹתֵ֑ינוּ (אֲבוֹתֵ֑י) 'a.vo.Tei. “ancestors”

Now these are the heads of their fathers' [ergänzt: houses], and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

אֲבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (אֲבֹתֵי) 'a.vo.tei. “fathers”

And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-offering unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers.

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

Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers' [ergänzt: houses] of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.

הָאָב֥וֹת (אָב֥וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

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

Now therefore make confession unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.

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

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, [ergänzt: with] certain heads of fathers' [ergänzt: houses], after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

הָאָב֛וֹת (אָב֛וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”אֲבֹתָ֖ם (אֲבֹתָ֖) 'a.vo.Ta “ancestors”

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned:

אָבִ֖י (אָבִ֖) 'a.V “father”