King James Version

Psalms 109:9

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

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יִֽהְיוּyihyvbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בָנָ֥יוvanayvsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […יְתוֹמִ֑יםyetomimfatherlessיָתוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “fatherless”, the ordinary formH3490a bereaved personfatherless (child), orphan.וְ֝אִשְׁתּוֹveishtvoand eachאִשָּׁהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and each”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.אַלְמָנָֽהalmanahdesolate houseאַלְמָנָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “desolate house”, the ordinary formH490a widow; also a desolate placedesolate house (palace), widow.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.

Young’s Literal Translation

His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.

World English Bible

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

Darby Translation

Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Γενηθήτωσαν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ὀρφανοὶ, καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ χήρα.

American Standard Version (1901)

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