How do you pronounce be gathered to one's fathers?

The recorded pronunciation is /bi ˈɡæðɚd tə wʌnz ˈfɑðɚz/.

be gathered to one's fathers

/bi ˈɡæðɚd tə wʌnz ˈfɑðɚz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: be ga-thered to one's fa-thers
IPA: /bi ˈɡæðɚd tə wʌnz ˈfɑðɚz/

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Meaning

verb

To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die.

Dated; Literary

Example Sentences

"And alſo all that generacion was gathered vnto their fathers, and an other generacion aroſe after them, which nether knewe the Lord, nor yet the workes, which he had done for Iſraél."
"So he bleſſed them, and was gathered to his fathers."
"How many prayers, offered up by ſerious and regenerated believers for their ungodly children, have been anſwered years after the humble petitioners have been gathered to their fathers!"
"Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble; and he is then gathered to his fathers,—to be taxed no more."
"We have seen how William the Conqueror has been gathered to his fathers. Usual pageantries ensued: loud praises bestowed upon the departed monarch by those who enjoyed his bounty or profited by his patronage."
"In the course of years this worthy couple were gathered to their fathers and headlines on old tombs in the Means cemetery indicate that they found a resting place there many years ago."

Etymology

From various passages in the Bible, including Judges 2:10, and 1 Maccabees 2:69 in the Apocrypha (see the quotations), from From Biblical Hebrew נֶאֱסַף אֶל־אֲבוֹתָיו (neʾĕsap ʾel-ʾăḇôṯâw) and Koine Greek προσετέθη πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ (prosetéthē pròs toùs patéras autoû, Apocrypha).

Word Breakdown

Root: נֶאֱסַף אֶל-אֲבוֹתָיו, προσετέθη πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bi ˈɡæðɚd tə wʌnz ˈfɑðɚz/
British English: /biː ˈɡæðəd tuː wʌnz ˈfɑːðəz/

Usage

Inflected Forms

is gathered to one's fathers (present, singular) being gathered to one's fathers (participle, present) was gathered to one's fathers (past) been gathered to one's fathers (participle, past)

Synonyms

be gathered to one's people be laid unto one's fathers be put to one's fathers sleep with one's fathers assume room temperature auger in be called home be gathered to one's fathers be like the the One be no more be with Jesus be with the Lord