Jastrow: יִתַּם

יִתַּם, יִיתַּם, יַתְמָא ch. = h. יָתוֹם , Targ. O. Ex. XXII, 21 (ed. Amst. יִתָם; Y. יתום); a. e.—Y. Ab. Zar. II, 41ᵈ bot. דין די׳ וכ׳ the case of an orphan or a widow; Y. Sabb. I, 3ᶜ sq. דיין דיי׳ (read דין). Keth. 54ᵃ י׳ an orphan (figuratively for a hired laborer whom the employer provides with clothes, v. לָקִיט I); a. fr.—Ab. Zar. 24ᵇ מזמורא י׳ an anonymous or titleless psalm.—Trnsf. (as a friendly rebuke) ignorant child! Keth. 17ᵇ; Ab. Zar. 13ᵇ; Ḥull. 111ᵇ.—Pl. יַתְמִין, יַתְמַיָּיא, יַתְמֵי. Targ. Ex. XXII, 23; a. fr.—Ber. 18ᵇ זוזי די׳ heirs’ fund. Y. Shek. IV, 48ᵃ bot., a. e., מדל די׳, v. מְדִל. B. Mets. 108ᵃ; B. Bath. 8ᵃ אפי׳ מִיַּ׳ even orphans’ funds must be taxed, v. אִגְלָא. Y. Sot. III, 19ᵃ אתון י׳ וכ׳ the heirs came complaining; a. v. fr.—Keth. 106ᵃ קרו לנפשייהו י׳ they (the surviving scholars) called themselves orphans; י׳ די׳ orphans of orphans (few survivors).