"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”) 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: dated, literary, obsolete Categories (topical): Bible, Burial, Death
    Sense id: en-sleep_with_one's_fathers-en-verb-IgwcoBU5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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