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Pronunciations

avot (ah-VOHT) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Ancestors.

Example Sentences

  • "Yet, hundreds of years before God conveyed His word to man our Avot, the founders of our people, discovered God’s presence." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH אָבות avót > Y אָבֿות oves

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      avot

Notes

  • singular: 'ov' or 'av'

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