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Av (אב) means father in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

אָב
av
noun · masculine
In English

father

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with א

The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Av.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    לשון המקראהורה ממין זכר.
    וְלֹא יִקָּרֵא עוֹד אֶת שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָם וְהָיָה שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָהָם כִּי אַב הֲמוֹן גּוֹיִם נְתַתִּיךָ
  2. 2
    בהשאלהראש או סמכות גבוהה בהקשר מסוים. או המחליף את תפקיד האב במוסד.
  3. 3
    תואר לאלהים
    הַלְיְהֹוָה֙ תִּגְמְלוּ־זֹ֔את עַ֥ם נָבָ֖ל וְלֹ֣א חָכָ֑ם הֲלוֹא־הוּא֙ אָבִ֣יךָ קָּנֶ֔ךָ ה֥וּא עָשְׂךָ֖ וַֽיְכֹנְנֶֽךָ

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Av is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
אָב
Written without vowel points
אב
Said
av
Root
א־ב־ה
Pattern
קָל
Plural
אָבוֹת
Inflections
ר' אָבוֹת; אַב־ גם אֲבִי־, ר' אֲבוֹת־
Gematria
3

This is how Av is said in other languages.

English
father
Arabic
أب, والد
Russian
отец
French
papa
Spanish
Padre
German
Vater
Yiddish
פוטער

These words mean nearly the same as Av.

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These words rhyme with Av.

The word Av is part of these phrases and sayings.

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The word Av comes from the root א־ב־ה, like these words.

This is where the word Av comes from.

המילה קיימת בצורות דומות בשפות שמיות נוספות - אוגריתית (אַב), עברית עתיקה, פיניקית, פונית וארמית (אב),, אבלאית: a-bù (עם וריאציות), ארמית וסורית (אַבָּא), אכדית: 11, ערבית דרומית עתיקה "אבו", ערבית "אב", דרום-ערבית (אָבּ), געז: አብ (אֵבּ), אמהרית: አባት (אָבָּת), תיגרינית: ኣቦ (אָבּוֹ). החוקרים משערים שהצורה בפרוטו-שמית היתה: ʔabw. מהמילה הארמית גזורה גם המילה היוונית: ἀββα בהוראה זהה.

These words come before and after Av in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Av.

What does Av (⁨אב⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Av (⁨אב⁩) means father. It is said av, with the stress on av.

What is a synonym for Av (⁨אב⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Av (⁨אב⁩) are ⁨אבא⁩ and ⁨הורה⁩.

What rhymes with Av (⁨אב⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Av (⁨אב⁩) include ⁨רב⁩, ⁨חלב⁩, ⁨מצב⁩, ⁨כוכב⁩, ⁨קו⁩, and ⁨מרחב⁩.

Is Av (⁨אב⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Av (⁨אב⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨אָבוֹת⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אב of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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