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And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?

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

And I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, so that I may take in hand the building of it.

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

All these were the people who went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but because they had no knowledge of their fathers' families or offspring, it was not certain if they were Israelites:

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

And some of the heads of families gave money for the work. The Tirshatha gave into the store a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' robes.

הָֽאָב֔וֹת (אָב֔וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

And some of the heads of families gave into the store for the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand, two hundred pounds of silver.

הָֽאָב֗וֹת (אָב֗וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

And on the second day the heads of families of all the people and the priests and the Levites came together to Ezra the scribe, to give attention to the words of the law.

הָאָב֜וֹת (אָב֜וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.

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

And you saw the trouble of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry came to your ears by the Red Sea;

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

But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,

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

And you made their children as great in number as the stars of heaven, and took them into the land, of which you had said to their fathers that they were to go in and take it for themselves.

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

And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on

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

And our kings, our rulers, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or given attention to your orders and your witness, with which you gave witness against them.

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

Now, today, we are servants, and as for the land which you gave to our fathers, so that the produce of it and the good might be theirs, see, we are servants in it:

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

And we, the priests and the Levites and the people, made selection, by the decision of the Lord, of those who were to take the wood offering into the house of God, by families at the regular times, year by year, to be burned on the altar of the Lord our

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

And his brothers, heads of families, two hundred and forty-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 there were priests, heads of families: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

הָאָב֑וֹת (אָב֑וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were listed as heads of families; and the priests, when Darius the Persian was king.

אָב֑וֹת 'a.Vot “fathers”

The sons of Levi, heads of families, were recorded in the book of the histories, even till the days of Johanan, the son of Eliashib.

הָֽאָב֔וֹת (אָב֔וֹת) 'a.Vot “fathers”

Did not your fathers do the same, and did not our God send all this evil on us and on this town? but you are causing more wrath to come on Israel by not keeping the Sabbath holy.

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

And he had been a father to Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his father's brother: for she had no father or mother, and she was very beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his daughter.

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

If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?

אָבִ֖יךְ (אָבִ֖י) 'a.Vi “father”

Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers:

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

With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.

מֵאָבִ֣יךָ (אָבִ֣י) 'a.Vi. “father”

(The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;

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

If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;

אָ֣בִי (אָ֣בִ) 'A.v “[are] father”