Psalms 109:9 Go deeper

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. (KJV)

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יִֽהְיוּ\־yih.yu-may they be

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Psalms 109:9 word 1

בָנָ֥יוva.Navchildren his

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: son: child

Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Psalms 109:9 word 2

יְתוֹמִ֑יםye.to.Mimfatherless ones

Lemma: יָתוֹם (ya.tom) · Strong's: H3490

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: orphan

Used 42 times. Also: Exodus 22:22, Exodus 22:24, Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 14:29, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3490; TAHOT Psalms 109:9 word 3

וְ֝אִשְׁתּוֹve.'ish.toand wife his

Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: woman: wife

Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Psalms 109:9 word 4

אַלְמָנָֽה\׃'al.ma.Naha widow

Lemma: אַלְמָנָה (al.ma.nah) · Strong's: H0490

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: widow

Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 38:11, Exodus 22:22, Exodus 22:24, Leviticus 21:14, Leviticus 22:13, Numbers 30:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0490; TAHOT Psalms 109:9 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

May his children	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child
be	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
fatherless	→	יָתוֹם H3490 orphan
and his wife	→	אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife
a widow	→	אַלְמָנָה H0490 widow

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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