We are orphans
yathowm  (yaw-thome')
a bereaved person -- fatherless (child), orphan.
and fatherless
'ayin  (ah'-yin)
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
our mothers
'em  (ame)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively) -- dam, mother, parting.
are as widows
'almanah  (al-maw-naw')
a widow; also a desolate place -- desolate house (palace), widow.


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