אָבִ֑י/נוּ

𐤀𐤁𐤉/𐤍𐤅

avinu

our 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 44:25 · Word #2

Lexicon H1

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

Morphology HNcmsc/Sp1cp 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 c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 H1-12

our father

Morphological NotesCommon masculine singular noun in construct form (אָבִי) with 1st person common plural pronominal suffix (נוּ), yielding "father of us."
Rendering RationaleThe form is a masculine singular noun in construct with a 1st person common plural suffix ("father of us"). "Our father" preserves the singular masculine head noun and the attached plural possessive, while retaining the core sense of a progenitor, source, or ancestral head inherent in the root אב.

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

Words from Root אב (fatherhood, source, originator, ancestor, chief)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H5645-01 av father
H1-01 av father
H2-01 avahatakhe your fathers

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