The four primary forms of damages:
- Shor – an ox;
- Bor – a pit;
- Mav’eh – a person who causes damage; and
- Hev’er – fire.
Where avot is literally translated to “father”, in this case it means “primary”.
Read more about these damages in Seder Nezikin, tractate Bava Kamma.
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