Word Study · Strong's H2992 · Hebrew
יָבַם
yabam
yaw-bam'
Strong's 1890 spelling: yâbam
“to marry a (deceased) brother's widow”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to marry a (deceased) brother's widow
Rendered in the KJV as
perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- וְיַבֵּ֣ם1
- וְיִבְּמָֽהּ׃1
- יַבְּמִֽי׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- and act as a husband's brother for1
- and he will act as a husband's brother for her1
- to act as a husband's brother for me1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- Hc/Vpq3ms/Sp3fs1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
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- Hc/Vpq3ms/Sp3fs · 1
- HC/Vpv2ms · 1
- HVpcc/Sp1bs · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 25:5וְיִבְּמָֽהּ׃veyibemahHc/Vpq3ms/Sp3fsWhen brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.here: and he will act as a husband's brother for her
- Deuteronomy 25:7יַבְּמִֽי׃yabemiverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularBut if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”here: to act as a husband's brother for me