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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2992 - יָבַם

Transliteration

yâbam

Phonetics

yaw-bam'

Origin

a primitive root of doubtful meaning

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

836

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

(Piel) to perform levirate marriage, perform the duty of a brother-in-law
1. the duty due to a brother who died childless - to marry his widow and have a son for his name

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 80 ‑ ἀδελφός (ad‑el‑fos'); 1918 ‑ ἐπιγαμβρεύω (ep‑ee‑gam‑bryoo'‑o); 4924 ‑ συνοικέω (soon‑oy‑key'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Deuteronomy 2

BSB (3)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 2

CSB (4)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 3

ESV (3)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 2

KJV (3)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 2

LEB (3)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 2

LSB (17)

Genesis 5

Deuteronomy 12

N95 (11)

Genesis 3

Deuteronomy 8

NAS (17)

Genesis 3

Deuteronomy 8

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Deuteronomy 2

ASV (2)

and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her 1

not perform the duty of a husband's brother unto me 1

BSB (3)

and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her 1

perform your duty as her brother-in-law 1

to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me 1

CSB (4)

brother-in-law 4

ESV (3)

brother-in-law 1

husband's brother 2

KJV (3)

brother 2

marry 1

LEB (3)

and he shall perform his duty as a brother-in-law with respect to her 1

in-law to her 1

my brother-in-law 1

LSB (17)

a 3

as 1

brother 2

duty 3

husband's 2

law 1

of 2

perform 3

N95 (11)

brother 2

duty 3

husband's 2

law 1

perform 3

NAS (17)

a 3

as 1

brother 2

duty 3

husband's 2

law 1

of 2

perform 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1036) m b (במ BM) AC: ? CO: High AB: ?: Anything that is tall or high.

G) m e b (בהמ BHM) AC: ? CO: Beast AB: ?: A tall creature.

N^f1) e m e b (בהמה BHMH) - Beast: KJV (190): beast, cattle - Strongs: H929 (בְּהֵמָה), H930 (בְּהֵמוֹת)

H) e m b (במה BMH) AC: ? CO: High AB: ?

N^f ) e m b (במה BMH) - High Place: KJV (102): high place, heights, wave - Strongs: H1116 (בּוּם)

L) m b i (יבמ YBM) AC: Marry CO: Brother-in-law AB: ?: When a husband dies his brother takes his place as his sister-in-laws husband. Any children born to him will be of his brothers line in order to continue, lift up, his family.

V) m b i (יבמ YBM) - Marry: The marrying of ones sister-in-law as the next of kin. KJV (3): (vf: Piel) marry - Strongs: H2992 (יָבַם)

N^m) m b i (יבמ YBM) - Brother-in-law: KJV (2): husbands brother - Strongs: H2993 (יָבָם)

N^f2) t m b i (יבמת YBMT) - Sister-in-law: KJV (5): brothers wife, sister in law - Strongs: H2994 (יְבָמָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[יָבַם] verb denominative, only

Pi`el do the duty of יָבָם to a brother's widow; Perfect וְיִבְּמָהּ consecutive Deuteronomy 25:5 and shall do a brother-in-law's office to her; Imperative יַבֵּם אֹתָהּ Genesis 38:8 (i.e. אֵשֶׁת אָחִיךָ v^a); Infinitive suffix לֹא אָבָה יַבְּמִי Deuteronomy 25:7 (on nominal suffix as object of infinitive, see Ges^{§ 115} R. 2near the end).

יַבְנְאֵל, יַבְנֶה, יִבְנְיָה, יִבְנִיָּה see below בנה.

יַבֹּק see below בקק above

יְבֶרֶכְיָ֫הוּ see below ברך above

יִבְשָׂם see below בשׂם above

List of Word Forms

וְיִבְּמָֽהּ׃ וְיַבֵּ֣ם ויבם ויבמה׃ יַבְּמִֽי׃ יבמי׃ veyabBem veyibbeMah wə·yab·bêm wə·yib·bə·māh wəyabbêm wəyibbəmāh yab·bə·mî yabbeMi yabbəmî