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Gesenius tells us that a ba* means FATHER;...

But the word father has often a much wider meaning; it is used

1.  Of any ancestor

2.  Used of the founder, or the first ancestor, of a nation

3.  Of the author, or maker, of anything, specially of the Creator

4.  Father is applied to a bringer up, nourisher

5.  It is used of a master, or teacher

6.  Specially the father of the king, a name given to his supreme counsellor

7.  It is further used to express intimate connection and relationship

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament pages 1 and 2.