יָתוֹם
yâthôwm · yaw-thome'
a bereaved person
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be lonely;
a bereaved person
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fatherless (child), orphan.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָתוֹם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the fatherless11 · 26%
- of the fatherless6 · 14%
- and the fatherless5 · 12%
- for the fatherless3 · 7%
- fatherless2 · 5%
- or fatherless child1 · 2%
- nor of the fatherless1 · 2%
- to the fatherless1 · 2%
- myself alone, and the fatherless1 · 2%
- against the fatherless1 · 2%
- and fatherless1 · 2%
- be fatherless1 · 2%
- his fatherless children1 · 2%
- not the fatherless1 · 2%
- on their fatherless1 · 2%
- the cause of the fatherless1 · 2%
- thy fatherless children1 · 2%
- we are orphans1 · 2%
- for in thee the fatherless1 · 2%
- nor the fatherless1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.