Lexical Definition

‎יָתוֹם‎ yâthôwm (yaw-thome') orphan ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to be lonely

fatherless (child), orphan.

• a bereaved person

1) an orphan, fatherless

See Greek: ὀρφανός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יָתוֺם‎ noun [masculine] orphan (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎יַתְמָא‎, ; Phoenician ‎יתם‎; Arabic pupil, orphan) — ‎יָתוֺם‎ Exod 22:21* + 29 t.; plural ‎יְתוֺמִים‎ v.Exod 22:23* + 8 t.; suffix ‎יְתֹמֶיךָ‎ Jer 49:11 ‎יְתֹמָיו‎ Isa 9:16* ‎לִיתוֺמָיו‎ Ps 109:12 — orphan, i.e. fatherless (|| ‎אַלְמָנָה‎) Exod 22:23*; Ps 109:9; Lam 5:3 (|| ‎אַין אָב‎); Job 24:9; Ps 109:12 probably also Exod 22:21*; Deut 10:18; Deut 14:29; Deut 16:11; Deut 16:14; Deut 24:17; Deut 24:19; Deut 24:20; Deut 24:21; Deut 26:12; Deut 26:13; Deut 27:19; Ps 94:6; Ps 146:9; Jer 7:6; Jer 22:3; Zech 7:10; Mal 3:5 (in all these, mentioned as helpless, exposed to injury, || ‎אַלְמָנָה‎ and ‎גֵּר‎); similarly, || ‎אַלְמָנָה‎ Job 22:9; Job 24:3; Job 29:12; Job 31:17; Ps 68:6*; Isa 1:17; Isa 1:23; Isa 9:16*; Isa 10:2; without ‎אלמנה‎ Hos 14:4*; Job 6:27; Job 31:21; Ps 10:14; Ps 10:18; Prov 23:10; Jer 5:28 (in no case clear that both parents are dead).

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