sleep with one's fathers
sleep with one's fathers · sleeps with one's fathers · slept with one's fathers · sleeping with one's fathers
To be buried together with one's forebearsTo be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die; also, to be dead.
Meaning
1 senses(dated, literary, obsolete)To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die; also, to be dead.
Origin
Calque of Biblical Hebrew וַיִּשְׁכַּב עִם־אֲבֹתָיו (wayyiškaḇ ʿim-ʾăḇōṯâw, literally “heCalque 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.
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Forms
sleeps with one's fathers, sleeping with one's fathers, slept with one's fathers, slept with one's fathers| Base form | sleep with one's fathers · to sleep with one's fathers |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sleeps with one's fathers |
| Present participle | sleeping with one's fathers |
| Past simple | slept with one's fathers |
| Past participle | slept with one's fathers |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | sleep with one's fathers |
| he, she, it | sleeps with one's fathers |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | slept with one's fathers |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have slept with one's fathers |
| he, she, it | has slept with one's fathers |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will sleep with one's fathers |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.