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Let his sonsבָנָיוbeיִהְיוּfatherless,יְתוֹמִיםand his wifeוְאִשְׁתּוֹa widow.אַלְמָנָה
Psalms 109:9
Study it in the app“Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 109:9, word by word
- Let his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- fatherlessיְתוֹמִיםyetomim
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yetomim” appears- and his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- a widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears
The context
8Let his days be few; let another take his office.
9 · This verse (above)
10And let his sons wander about and beg, and let them seek from their ruins.