Fathers’ house / Retirement home
A place serving as a residence for elderly people (originally referring to family names or ancestral households).
(“And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses for your brothers, the sons of the people, and the division of the father’s house for the Levites” – II Chronicles 35:5.)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בֵּית אָבוֹת
Definition (Hebrew)
מָקוֹם הַמְשַׁמֵּשׁ לְמְגוּרֵי אֲנָשִׁים קְשִׁישִׁים (בַּמָּקוֹר הַכַּוָּנָה לְשֵׁמוֹת מִשְׁפָּחוֹת).
("וְעִמְדוּ בַקֹּדֶשׁ לִפְלֻגּוֹת בֵּית הָאָבוֹת לַאֲחֵיכֶם בְּנֵי הָעָם וַחֲלֻקַּת בֵּית אָב לַלְוִיִּם" – דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב׳ ל״ה ה׳)