ev.yon identifies people in need, especially those vulnerable to hunger, oppression, withheld justice, or requiring aid.

The term consistently identifies people in need, frequently portrayed as vulnerable to oppression, denied justice, hunger, or deprivation and as recipients of help, protection, or generosity. The supplied verses use it both for an individual and for groups, without showing a separate lexical sense.

1. People in need and vulnerable to deprivation · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 15:7 the singular form identifies a brother toward whom a person must not harden the heart or shut the hand; in Exodus 23:11 the plural construct form identifies members of the people who may eat from the fallow land. In Amos 8:4 and Amos 5:12, the term marks those trampled or turned aside at the gate, while Psalm 72:12 presents one who cries out and has no helper.

   Deuteronomy 15:7Exodus 23:11Amos 8:4Amos 5:12Psalm 72:12Isaiah 41:17

In the Anselm Paraphrase: Across these verses the APB commonly presents the referent as "needy," sometimes alongside or instead of "poor" or "afflicted." Because the APB is not word-aligned, these labels confirm the verses' portrayal of persons in need rather than establish separate meanings.