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).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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