1) in want, needy, chiefly poor, needy person

2) subject to oppression and abuse

3) needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God

4) general reference to lowest class

Root √אבה: אָבָה vb be willing consent command refuse be willing abîtu Ethiopic Arabic Qal לֹא אַל אָבָה אָבוּ אָבוּא יֹאבֶה תֹּבֵֽא אֹבִים ל ל י׳ רֵּים אִם תֹּאבוּ וּשְׁמַעְתֶּם לַעֲצָתִי תוֹכַחְתִּי Is 1:19 Jb 39:9 Lv 26:21 Ex 10:27 Ju 19:25 Is 28:12 Dt 29:19 Pr 1:10 Ez 3:7 Ex 10:27 Dt 2:30 Dt 10:10 23:6 29:19 Jos 24:10 2 K 8:19 13:23 24:4 2 Ch 21:7 Gn 24:5 Ju 19:10 2 S 2:21 13:25 14:29 23:16 1 Ch 11:18 1 Ch 19:19 Ex 10:27 Dt 2:30 25:7 Ju 19:25 20:13 2 S 13:14 Lv 26:21 Dt 1:26 I S 15:9 Is 28:12 30:9 42:24 Ez 3:7 20:8 Jb 39:9 2 S 12:17 1 K 20:8 22:50 Pr 6:35 Ju 11:17 Is 30:15 I S 22:17 26:23 31:4 1 Ch 10:4 2 S 6:10 Pr 1:10 Is 1:19 Pr 1:30 v 25 Pf Impf Pt be willing consent yield to (c. exc.; in Hex. rare & Only JED, incl.);.++ 7 t.;(Sta § 31 R.2; Kö I, 414);.+ 2 t.; 2 ms. juss.(Sta § 143 e 1 nn; Kö I, 578 f) etc.;.;—, sq. Inf. with+ 29 t.; without+ 8 t.; subj.; human subj. =,; in bad sense,;esp. of perverse Isr. ; subj. animal,; abs. (no Inf.); cf. of jealous man; bad sense; good sense=; + vb. fin.();. sq.; sq. acc.(all in bad sense). (cf. As. Dl W, Eth. Ar. id. NejdSo De Jes 3, p. 26; LCB 1880, 817)—

אֶבְיוֹן אֶבְיֹנְךָ אֶבְיוֹנִים אֶבְיוֹנֵי אֶבְיֹנֵי אֶבְיוֹנֶיהָ עָנִי עָשִׁיר צַדִּיק דַּל עָנִי יָתוֹם קְשֵׁה־יוֹם דָּל עָנִי עָנִי דַל דַּל עָנִי עָנִי בְנֵי אֶבְ׳ דַּל עָנִי דַּל adj in want needy poor needy poor needing help Dt 15:4 Ex 23:6 Dt 15:11 Am 4:1 Ex 23:11 Is 29:19 ψ 132:15 Dt 15:7 24:14 ψ 109:16 ψ 49:3 Dt 15:4 Am 2:6 5:12 4:1 8:6 Is 32:7 Am 8:4 Ez 16:49 18:12 22:29 ψ 37:14 Jb 24:4 Pr 30:14 ψ 109:16 Je 5:28 2:34 Jb 29:16 30:25 31:19 ψ 112:9 Est 9:22 Pr 14:31 31:20 Je 22:16 Ex 23:6 Dt 24:14 Ex 23:11 Dt 15:11 Pr 31:9 Dt 15:7 ψ 82:4 Je 20:13 ψ 107:41 132:15 Jb 5:15 I S 2:8 ψ 113:7 Is 14:30 ψ 35:10 140:13 ψ 72:12 v 4 v 13 ψ 9:19 12:6 40:18 70:6 74:21 86:1 109:22 Is 29:19 41:17 Is 25:4 ψ 69:34 109:31 id . —so, alw. abs. + 40 t.;;+ 14 t.;();—(Hex. only JED; mostly poet. 23 t. ψ), chiefly(in material things); as adj. ;(both ∥); elsewhere subst.;(∥);,; subj. to oppression & abuse(both ∥)(all ∥);,—cf.supr.—(all ∥)(∥); cared for by good(∥);(∥)(∥); care of them enjoined, negatively;—cf.supr.—positively(both ∥)—cf. supr.—(∥); cared for by God;=(all ∥)(both ∥), cf. Davidic king(∥) =(∥.). (∥);, deliverance from trouble, esp. as delivered by God=(all ∥)(∥).