"sleep with one's fathers" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sleeps with one's fathers [present, singular, third-person], sleeping with one's fathers [participle, present], slept with one's fathers [participle, past], slept with one's fathers [past]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|hbo|וַיִּשְׁכַּב עִם־אֲבֹתָיו|lit=he slept with his fathers|tr=wayyiškaḇ ʿim-ʾăḇōṯâw}} Calque of Biblical Hebrew וַיִּשְׁכַּב עִם־אֲבֹתָיו (wayyiškaḇ ʿim-ʾăḇōṯâw, literally “he slept with his fathers”), {{m|en|be gathered to one's fathers}} be gathered to one's fathers Head templates: {{en-verb|sleep<,,slept> with one's fathers}} sleep with one's fathers (third-person singular simple present sleeps with one's fathers, present participle sleeping with one's fathers, simple past and past participle slept with one's fathers)
  1. (biblical and literary, dated or obsolete) To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die; also, to be dead. Tags: literary Categories (topical): Bible, Burial, Death

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