אָ֣ב

𐤀𐤁

av

a father

a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

H1

Genesis 44:20 · Word #6

Lexicon H1

Lemmaאָב
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤁
Transliterationʼâb
Strong'sH1
In-contexta father

Morphology HNcmsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H1-01

father

Morphological NotesCommon masculine singular noun; appears in both absolute (HNcmsa) and construct (HNcmsc) states. No pronominal suffix in the forms listed.
Rendering RationaleThe noun אָב is a common masculine singular noun (absolute or construct), and the rendering "father" preserves its masculine singular form. This English term directly reflects the core sense of male progenitor or ancestral head inherent in the Hebrew root.

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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root אב (fatherhood, progenitorship, source, origin, chief)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H5645-01 av father
H2-01 avahatakhe your fathers
H2-02 avahati my father-ancestors

Word Usage (1213 occurrences of H1)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 2:24 אָבִ֖י/ו aviv his father
Genesis 4:20 אֲבִ֕י avi father of
Genesis 4:21 אֲבִ֕י avi father