Menu
H3490 יָתוֹם (yâthôwm) yaw-thome'
Hebrew
‹ H3489 Hebrew Dictionary H3491 ›

Strong's Definition

from an unused root meaning to be lonely; a bereaved person

KJV Usage: fatherless (child), orphan

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

יָתוֹם (ya.tom) — orphan. an orphan, fatherless

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · יִתְמָה

Classes | ≈ אֶבְיֹון · אַלְמָנָה · גֵּר · דָּךְ · דַּל · עָנִי

fatherless = person whose father has passed away and therefore unable to care for himself; ≈ regarded as one of the weaker members of the society and should therefore receive special care, together with the aliens, the widows, and other people who are poor

EXO 22:21 · EXO 22:23 · DEU 10:18 · DEU 14:29 · DEU 16:11 · DEU 16:14 · DEU 24:17 · DEU 24:19 · DEU 24:20 · DEU 24:21 · DEU 26:12 · DEU 26:13 · DEU 27:19 · JOB 6:27 · JOB 22:9 · JOB 24:3 · JOB 24:9 · JOB 29:12 · JOB 31:17 · JOB 31:21 · PSA 10:14 · PSA 10:18 · PSA 68:6 · PSA 82:3 · PSA 94:6 · PSA 109:9 · PSA 109:12 · PSA 146:9 · PRO 23:10 · ISA 1:17 · ISA 1:23 · ISA 9:16 · ISA 10:2 · JER 5:28 · JER 7:6 · JER 22:3 · JER 49:11 · LAM 5:3 · EZK 22:7 · HOS 14:4 · ZEC 7:10 · MAL 3:5

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יָתוֹם n.[m.] orphan base

Everything we make is available for free because of a generous community of supporters.

Donate