יָתוֹם
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. orphan (person whose either parent has died)
Pronunciation
yatóm
Examples23
דָּן לֹא רָצָה לחזור לבַּיִת הַיְּתוֹמִים.
Dan didn't want to go back to an orphanage.
יֶלֶד שֶׁהוֹרָיו מֵתִים נִקְרָא יָתוֹם.
A child whose parents are dead is called an orphan.
דָּן גָּדַל בבַּיִת הַיְּתוֹמִים.
Dan grew up at an orphanage.
תּוֹם גָּדַל בבַּיִת יְתוֹמִים.
Tom grew up in foster care.
הוּא בִּקֵּר בַּיִת יְתוֹמִים בטֶקְסַס.
He visited a children's home in Texas.
הַיָּתוֹם נִפְגַּשׁ עִם שְׁתֵּי אַחְיוֹתָיו כשהיה בֵּן חמש.
The orphan met up with his two sisters when he was five years old.