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.