sleep with one's fathers
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sleep with one's fathers
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Calque of Biblical Hebrew וַיִּשְׁכַּב עִם־אֲבֹתָיו (wayyiškaḇ ʿim-ʾăḇōṯâw, literally “he slept with his fathers”) (found, for example, in the Bible at 1 Kings 2:10); compare be gathered to one's fathers.
verb sleeps with one's fathers · sleeping with one's fathers · slept with one's fathers
- To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die; also, to be dead.
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title = {sleep with one's fathers},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sleep%20with%20one's%20fathers},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
