He became to him a father
Raise him as if he were his father. His past was like a father's.
("And Micah said unto him, Return unto me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver" - Judges 17:10 (Micah to the young Levite), and also: "Now I will greatly honor thee, and thou shalt be unto me a father and a protector all my days, and all the city shall be at thy command" - Mordecai ben Yehezkel/ Book of Acts, Part Four, Harama and the Bishop (Mikraka, 125)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הָיָה לוֹ לְאָב
Definition (Hebrew)
גִּדֵּל אוֹתוֹ כְּאִלּוּ הָיָה אָבִיו.הָיָה עֲבוּרוֹ כִּדְמוּת אָב.
(" וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מִיכָה שְׁבָה עִמָּדִי וֶהְיֵה לִי לְאָב וּלְכֹהֵן וְאָנֹכִי אֶתֶּן לְךָ עֲשֶׂרֶת כֶּסֶף "- שׁוֹפְטִים יז י (מִיכָה לְנַעַר לֵוִי), וְכֵן:"וְעַתָּה אֲכַבֶּדְךָ מְאוֹד, וְכָל יָמַי תִּהְיֶה לִי לְאָב וְלַפַּטְרוֹן, וְעַל פִּיךָ יִשַּׁק כָּל הָעִיר"- מָרְדְּכַי בֶּן יְחֶזְקֵאל/ סֵפֶר הַמַּעֲשִׂיּוֹת חֵלֶק רְבִיעִי, הָרְמָ"א וְהַבִּישׁוֹף מִקְּרָאקָא, 125)