H0001G–אָב–av

And 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 Asherahs, and the graven images, and the molten images.

אָבִ֑יו (אָבִ֑י) 'a.Vi “ancestor”

Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book which 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 to all that is written in this book.

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

Behold, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof. And they brought the king word again.

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

And he caused all that were present 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 removed all the abominations out of all the countries that belonged to the children of Israel, and made to serve all that were found in Israel, -- to serve Jehovah their God: all his days they did not depart from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

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

and prepare yourselves by your fathers' houses, in your divisions, 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 sanctuary for the classes of the fathers' houses, for your brethren, the children of the people, and [ergänzt: according] to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the Levites;

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

And they set apart the burnt-offerings to give them to the classes of the fathers' houses of the children of the people, to present them to Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so [ergänzt: did they] with the oxen.

אָבוֹת֙ 'a.Vot “ancestors”

And his servants took him out from 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”

And 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”

And the chief fathers of Judah and Benjamin rose up, and the priests, and the Levites, even all those whose spirit God had stirred, to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem.

הָאָב֗וֹת (אָב֗וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

And these are they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub-Addan, Immer; but they could not shew their fathers' house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

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

And some of the chief fathers, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem, offered freely 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 chief fathers, the ancient men that had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice, [ergänzt: when] the foundation of this house was laid in their sight; and many shouted aloud for joy.

הָאָב֜וֹת (אָב֜וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

and they came to Zerubbabel and to the chief fathers, and said to them, We would build with you; for we seek your God, as ye; and we have sacrificed to 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 chief fathers of Israel said to them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God, but we alone will build to Jehovah the God of Israel, as king Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.

הָֽאָבוֹת֙ (אָבוֹת֙) 'a.Vot “fathers”

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

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

And these are the chief fathers, and their genealogy, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

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

And I said to them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah; the vessels also are holy; and the silver and the gold is a voluntary offering to Jehovah the God of your fathers.

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

Watch and keep [ergänzt: them] until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of the fathers 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 in great trespass to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, our priests, have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, and to captivity, and to spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

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

And now make confession to Jehovah the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign wives.

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

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest [ergänzt: and] certain of the chief fathers were separated according to their fathers' houses, and all of them [ergänzt: expressed] by name; and they sat down on 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, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

אָבִ֖י (אָבִ֖) 'a.V “father”