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Genesis 37:12

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1980 went וילכו

H251 And his brethren אחיו

H7462 to feed לרעות

H853 את

H6629 their father's flock צאן

H1 אביהם

H7927 in Shechem בשׁכם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

his

H251 brethren

H1980 went

H7462 feed

their

father's

H6629 flock

H7927 Shechem

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H1

Hebrew: אָב

Transliteration: ʼâb

Pronunciation: awb

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: {chief} (fore-) father ({[-less]}) X-(idiom) {patrimony} principal. Compare names in Abi-

Definition:

father in a literal and {immediate} or figurative and remote application

1. father of an individual

2. of God as father of his people

3. head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

4. ancestor

a. grandfather, forefathers -- of person

b. of people

5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

6. of producer, generator (fig.)

7. of benevolence and protection (fig.)

8. term of respect and honour

9. ruler or chief (spec.)

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906