יָתוֹם
ya.tom (H3490)
orphan
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The Hebrew word "ya.tom" (H3490) is defined as an "orphan." It falls within the semantic domain of "Kinship & Family," indicating its connection to relationships and social bonds. This word is used 42 times in the Bible, suggesting its importance in the cultural and social context of ancient Israel. The frequency of its usage and its placement within the kinship domain imply that orphans were a significant concern in ancient Israelite society. The word's meaning is straightforward, referring to a child who has lost one or both parents. Its emphasis on the orphan's vulnerable status highlights the importance of social support and care for those in need. The repeated use of "ya.tom" in the Bible underscores its significance as a social and cultural issue. It may be used to describe a child's emotional or economic vulnerability, or to emphasize the importance of providing care and protection for those who have been left without parental support.
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“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing.
The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.
You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates.
You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;
When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
When you harvest your vineyard, you shall not glean it after yourselves. It shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates and be filled.
You shall say before Yahweh your God, “I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them.
‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.
Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”
Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t defend the rights of the needy.
if you don’t oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don’t shed innocent blood in this place, and don’t walk after other gods to your own hurt;
Yahweh says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.
Leave your fatherless children. I will preserve them alive. Let your widows trust in me.”
We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.
In you have they treated father and mother with contempt. Among you they have oppressed the foreigner. In you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”
Don’t oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’
I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.