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desire) Ec 12⁵ (v. GFM ^{JBL 1891. 55 ff.}; so G V, Mish.אביונות, cf. NHWB ; v. also S ; i.e. capparis spinosa, cf. Ri^HWB; so Thes, Ew De, etc.; but Wetzst in De (Germ. ed. 1875) proposes אֱבְיוֹנָה (as fem. of אביון) the poor soul in sense= נִשְׁמָתוֹ הָאֶבְיוֹנָה cf. Symm S, where double translation).

†אֵ֫בֶה n.[m.] reed, papyrus (etymology uncertain; = Ar. أَبَاءٌ‎, As. abu Dl^W, AGI) אֱנִיּוֹת אֵבֶה֑ Jb 9²⁶ (craft made of reeds, light & swift, Heliod. ^{Aethiop. X.460} ) = כְּלֵי־גֹמֶא Is 18².

II. אבה (perh. at least formally justified as stem of אָב (cstr. אֲבִי), so Thes (cf. infr.), but existence &. mng. wholly dub.; as real √ Ba^{ZMG 1887. 609 ff.} Ol^§ 123c; acc. to DI^Wp.22 אבה As. abû = decide, אָב = he who decides; Thes (so RobGes Nö^{ZMG xI,737} & cf. Sta^§ 186 al.) makes אָב nom. prim. bilit., imitating infant's speech cf. πάππας, pappa, papa (cf. EW^§ 106 a); also As. bab Jen^{ZA 1886,404}) .

אָב₁₁₉₁ n.m. father (Ph. אב, As. abu, Ar. أَبٌ‎, Sab. אב CIS^{iv, 1. 37 1.2} al., Eth. አብ፡ Aram. אַבָּא, ܐܰܒܳܐ‎)—abs. אָב Gn 44¹⁹ + 47 t.; cstr. אַב Gn 17^4.5 (cf. in אַבְרָהָם ib. & elsewh. in n.pr. On Hal's prop. אֲבִי v. אברהם) ; אֲבִי (cf. Ge^{§§ 90, 3b, 96}) Gn 4²⁰ + ; sf. אָבִי Gn 19³⁴ + (MI אבי); אָבִיךָ Gn 12¹ + ; אָבִיו Gn 2²⁴ + ; אָבִ֫יהוּ Ju 14¹⁰ + 6 t.; pl. אָבוׂת Ex 12³ + ; cstr. אֲבוׂת Ex 6²⁵ + 7 t.; sf. אֲבוֹתַי (אֲבֹתַי, אֲבוֹתָ֑י) Gn 47⁹ + 15 t.; אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם 1 Ch 4³⁸ + 32 t. (late) ; אֲבוֹתָם Ex 4⁵ + 106 t. etc.; —1. father of individual Gn 2²⁴ (+ אֵם) 11^25.29.29 19^31.32.38, + oft. (mostly JED); of father as commanding Gn 50¹⁸ (J) Je 35^8 f Pr 6²⁰ (cf. Gn 18¹⁹ J 28^1.6 P 1 S 17²⁰ 1 K 2¹); instructing מוסר Pr 1⁸ 4¹ (cf. Dt 8⁵) ; specif. as begetter, genitor Pr 23²² Zc 13^3.3 (+ אֵם) Is 45¹⁰; cf. Gn 49⁴ (J) Lv 18^7.8.11 (P); rebuking Gn 37¹⁰; loving Gn 37⁴ 44²⁰ (JE ; cf. 22² 25²⁸ 37³ 2 S 14¹) ; pitying ψ 103¹³ (in sim. cf. 2 S 18⁵); blessing Gn 27⁴¹ (JE cf. 27⁴ also 28¹ P + ) ; as glad Pr 10¹ 15²⁰ cf. 29³; grieving Gn 37³⁵ (JE; cf. 2 S 12²² 19^1.2 f) etc. Also as obj. of honour, obedience, love Ex 20¹² (E) = Dt 5¹⁶; Ex 21^15.17 (E) Dt 21^18.10 Gn 28⁷ (P) 1 K 19²⁰ (all + אֵם), 50^1.5 (J) Mal 1⁸ etc. Hence metaph. of intimate connection Jb 17¹⁴ to corruption I cry, My father art thou (‖אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּה). 2. of God as father of his people (v. RS^{Sem 42}), who constituted, controls, guides and lovingly watches over it: Dt 32⁸ Je 3^4.19 31⁹ Is 63^18.18 64⁷ Mal 1⁶ 2¹⁰ (cf. Ex 4²² 19⁴ (JE) Dt 32¹¹ Ho 11¹) ; cf. Je 2²⁷ (of idolatr. Isr.) : אֹמְרִים לָעֵץ אָבִי אַתָּה וְלָאֶבֶן אַתְּ ילדתני ; esp. God as father of Davidic line 2 S 7¹⁴ ψ 89²⁷; f. of needy (late) ψ 68⁶ (cf. 103¹³) (in n.pr., f. of individ., cf. infr.) 3. head of household, family or clan; בַּית אָבִי as abode Gn 38^11.11 Lv 22¹³ + ; = family Gn 24⁴⁰ (‖ מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי) 41⁵¹ 46³¹ + cf. Nu 18^1.2 Jos 2^12.18 6²⁵; esp. techn. of divisions of Isr. בֵּית אָב לְמִשׁפָּחוׁת Nu 3^20.25 = a father's house, i. e. a family or clan ; more oft. pl. (אבותם, אבותיו) בֵית אָבוֹת = fathers' houses = families, clans (cf. Di in Ex 6¹⁴) Ex 6¹⁴ 12³ Nu 1^2.18 ff (oft. in Nu) Jos 14¹ 19⁵¹ 21^1.1 22^14.14 (always P in Hex.); also 1 Ch 5^13.15 + oft. in Ch ; cf. רָאשֵׁי אבות הלוים (= ר׳ בית א׳) Ex 6²⁵ cf. 1 K 8¹ 1 Ch 6⁴ 7¹¹ + oft. Ch Ezr Ne. 4. ancestor (a) of individual ; grandfather (instead of precise term) Gn 28¹³ 32¹⁰ (J ; where used by Jacob of Abr. & then of Isaac) ; greatgr. 1 K 15¹³; great-greatgr. 1 K 15¹¹ etc.; oft. pI. (= fathers, forefathers) Gn 15¹⁵ 46³⁴ (JE) 1 K 19⁴ 21^2.4 2 K 19¹² 20¹⁷ + ; particularly שׁכב עם אבותיו 1 K 1²¹ 2¹⁰ 11²¹ 22⁴⁰ + ; joined with ויקבר עם אב׳ 1 K 14³¹ 15²⁴ 22⁵¹ 2 K 8²⁴ 15²⁵ cf. v⁷, 16²⁰ + (all of kings of Judah) ; intens., אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַאֲבוֹת אֲבֹתֶיךָ Ex 10⁸ cf. Dn 11²⁴; (b) of people Gn 10²¹ (J) 17^4.5 (P) 19^37.38 (J) 36^9.43 (P) Dt 26⁵ Is 51² 43²⁷ (where אביך הראשׁון thy first father, v. Che) cf. also Ez 16^3.45 + oft.; pI. Ex 3^13.15.18 (E) Dt 1⁸ Jos 1⁶ Ju 2¹ 1 S 12⁸ + ; 1 S 12^15 ad fin rd. וּבְמַלְבְּבֶם G We Dr. 5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art Gn 4^20.21. 6. fig. of producer, generator Jb 38²⁸ הֲיֵשׁ לַמָּמָר אָ֑ב (‖ מִי־ הוֹלִיד אֶנְלֵי־טָֽל׃‎). 7. fig. of benevolence & protection Jb 29¹⁸ אָב אָֽנׂכִי לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִים, cf. 31¹⁸; of Eliakim Is 22²¹ ; perh. also of gracious Mess. king אֲבִי עַד Is 9⁵ everlasting father (Ge Ew De Che Brd Di)—others divider of spoil (Abarb Hi Kn Kue Br^MP). 8. term of respect & honour (Abbas, Pater, Papa, Pope); appl. to master 2 K 5¹³; priest Ju 17¹⁰ 18¹⁹; prophet 2 K 2^12.12 6²¹ 13^14.14 cf. 8⁹; counsellor Gn 45⁸ (E; cf. δευτέρου πατρός G add. Est 3¹³; τῷ πατρί 1 Mac 11³²); king 1 S 24¹²; artificer 2 Ch 2¹² 4¹⁸. 9. specif., ruler, chief (late) 1 Ch 2^24.42.42 etc. (cf. EW^{§ 273b}).

†אֲבִי־עַבלְוֹן n.pr.m. a hero of David 2 S 23³¹ rd: אֲבִיאֵל so G 1 Ch 11³², cf. Dr⁵ (We² אבי־בעל (v. sub אביאל) ; otherwise Klo⁸.

†אֲבִיאֵל n.pr.m. ( Ēl is (my) father, cf. אביהו & Ph. אבבעל (fem.), also אביבעל; & אבנבעל our father etc.; Abi-ba’al KAT^2 355; v. RS^{Sem 45}. Nö^{ZMG 1888,460} makes אבי here, & in אביהו etc., cstr. but this seems unlikely ; cf. also אליאב etc.; views differ much as to these n.pr. and uniform interpr. is impossible. Cf. in gen. Ol^§ 277f). 1. Saul's grandfather 1 S 9¹ 14⁵¹. 2. = foregoing, 1 Ch 11³².

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