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Hebrew wordlink #78478

OSHB Num 31:26 אֲבוֹת (ʼₐⱱōt) Strongs=1 Lemma=‘אָב’
contextual word gloss=‘of_the_fathers_of’ word gloss=‘family_of’
Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct
Year=-1452

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Other uses (5) of identical word form אֲבוֹת (Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֲבוֹת’ (Morphology=Ncmpc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=plural State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘of_the_fathers_of’.

EXO 6:25 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_fathers_of’ word gloss=‘families_of’ OSHB EXO 6:25 word 16

OET-LV: 25 And_ʼElˊāzār the _son _of ʼAhₐron he _took to_him/it one_of _the _daughters _of Fūţī^ʼēl to_him/it to/for_(a)_woman and_she/it _gave _birth to_him/it DOM Pinḩāş these were_the _heads _of the _fathers _of the _Lēviyyiy to_their_clans. (EXO_6:25)

OET-RV: 25 Aharon’s son Eleazar took a wife for himself from the daughters of Putiel and she gave birth to Finehas.
¶ All of those headed the clans of Levi. (EXO 6:25)

NUM 32:28 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_fathers_of’ word gloss=‘family_of’ OSHB NUM 32:28 word 13

OET-LV: 28 And_he/it _commanded to/for_them Mosheh DOM ʼElˊāzār the_priest/officer and_DOM Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) the _son _of Nūn and_DOM the _heads _of the _fathers _of the _tribes of_the _people _of of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (NUM_32:28)

OET-RV: 28 So Mosheh gave instructions about them to the priest Eleazar, Nun’s son Yehoshua, and the Israeli tribal leaders, (NUM 32:28)

JOS 14:1 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_fathers_of’ word gloss=‘families_of’ OSHB JOS 14:1 word 17

OET-LV: 14 And_these are _that_which they _inherited the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) in_land of _Kənaˊan/(Canaan) which they _gave _as _a _possession them ʼElˊāzār the_priest/officer and_Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) the _son _of Nūn and_the _heads _of the _fathers _of the _tribes of_the _people _of of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (JOS_14:1)

OET-RV: 14 These are what the Israelis inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Yehoshua (Nun’s son) and the leaders of the Israelis gave them as an inheritance. (JOS 14:1)

JOS 21:1 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_fathers_of’ word gloss=‘families_of’ OSHB JOS 21:1 word 3

OET-LV: 21 and_ the _heads _of _they _approached of _the _fathers _of of_the _Lēviyyiy to ʼElˊāzār the_priest/officer and_near/to Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) the _son _of Nūn and_near/to the _heads _of the _fathers _of the _tribes of_the _people _of of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (JOS_21:1)

OET-RV: 21 Then the leaders of the Levites went to Eleazar the priest and to Yehoshua (Nun’s son) and to the Israeli elders (JOS 21:1)

JOS 21:1 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_fathers_of’ word gloss=‘families_of’ OSHB JOS 21:1 word 14

OET-RV: 21 Then the leaders of the Levites went to Eleazar the priest and to Yehoshua (Nun’s son) and to the Israeli elders (JOS 21:1)