- אבא I, אב
- אַבָּאI, אָב ch. = h. אָב II. Targ. Gen. 17:4. Targ. O. ib. 41:43; a. fr.Freq. אַבָּא (also in Hebr. phraseol.) my father. Snh.III, 2. B. BATHIX, 3; a. fr. Meg.12b אהורייריה דא׳ my fathers steward. אבי א׳ my grandfather. Ber.10a bot.Snh.113a bot. א׳ אליהו father Elijah (sarcastically).אָבוֹהֵ ד־, אָבוֹי ד־ N.s father. Ber.18b; Y.B. Mets.IV, 9c top; a. fr.א׳ סב, א׳ רבה grandfather. Targ. II, Esth. 7:10. Yeb.21b.Trnsf. origin, source. Sabb.22a אֲבוּהוֹן דכולהון דם the source of all analogous cases is the law about blood (that you must cover it from a sense of propriety).Pl. אֲבָהָן, אֲבָהָתָא Targ. Y. Deut. 24:16. Targ. 1 Chr. 1:2; a. fr. Men.53a בר א׳ of distinguished birth.Kid. 83a; a. fr.אֲבָהֵי Targ. Prov. 19:14 Ms.; read with ed. Wil. אבהן; oth. ed. אבהו corr. acc.
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