BDB16

II. אבה (perhaps at least formally justified as stem of אָב (construct אֲבִי), so Thes (compare below), but existence & meaning wholly dubious; as real √ Ba^{ZMG 1887, 609 ff.} Ol^{§ 123 c}; accusative to Dl^{W p. 22} אבה Assyrian abû = decide, אָב = he who decides; Thes (so Rob Ges Nö^{ZMG xl, 737 &} compare Sta^{§ 186} and others) makes אָב noun primarily biliteral, imitating infant's speech compare πάππας, pappa, papa (compare Ew^{§ 106 a}); also Assyrian bab Jen^{ZA 1886, 404}).

The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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