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.
