יָתוֹם

יָתוֺם noun [masculine] orphan (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יַתְמָא, ; Phoenician יתם; Arabic pupil, orphan) — יָתוֺם 2 Mos 22,21 + 29 t.; plural יְתוֺמִים v.2 Mos 22,23 + 8 t.; suffix יְתֹמֶיךָ Jer 49,11 יְתֹמָיו Es 9,16 לִיתוֺמָיו Sl 109,12 — orphan, i.e. fatherless (|| אַלְמָנָה) 2 Mos 22,23; Sl 109,9; Klg 5,3 (|| אַין אָב); Job 24,9; Sl 109,12 probably also 2 Mos 22,21; 5 Mos 10,18; 5 Mos 14,29; 5 Mos 16,11; 5 Mos 16,14; 5 Mos 24,17; 5 Mos 24,19; 5 Mos 24,20; 5 Mos 24,21; 5 Mos 26,12; 5 Mos 26,13; 5 Mos 27,19; Sl 94,6; Sl 146,9; Jer 7,6; Jer 22,3; Zak 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; Sl 68,6; Es 1,17; Es 1,23; Es 9,16; Es 10,2; without אלמנה Hos 14,4; Job 6,27; Job 31,21; Sl 10,14; Sl 10,18; Ord 23,10; Jer 5,28 (in no case clear that both parents are dead).