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Orphansיְתוֹמִיםwe have become,הָיִינוּwithoutוְאֵיןa father;אָבour mothersאִמֹּתֵינוּare like widows.כְּאַלְמָנוֹת
Lamentations 5:3
Study it in the app“Orphans we have become, without a father; our mothers are like widows.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 5:3, word by word
- Orphansיְתוֹמִיםyetomim
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yetomim” appears- we have becomeהָיִינוּhayinu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayinu” appears- a fatherאָבav
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “av” appears- our mothersאִמֹּתֵיimote
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imote” appears- are like widowsאַלְמָנוֹתalmanot
widow
Widow.
Where else “almanot” appears
The context
2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
3 · This verse (above)
4Our water we drink for silver; our wood comes to us for a price.