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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2994 - יְבָמָה

Transliteration

Yᵉbêmeth

Phonetics

yeb-ay'-meth

Origin

participle of (H2992)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TWOT

836b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) sister-in-law, brother’s wife, brother’s widow

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 80 ‑ ἀδελφός (ad‑el‑fos'); 1135 ‑ γυνή (goo‑nay'); 1135 ‑ γυνή (goo‑nay');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (4)

Deuteronomy 2

Ruth 2

NAS (7)

Deuteronomy 5

Ruth 2

HCS (5)

Deuteronomy 3

Ruth 2

BSB (5)

Deuteronomy 3

Ruth 2

ESV (5)

Deuteronomy 3

Ruth 2

WEB (5)

Deuteronomy 3

Ruth 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

[יְבֵ֫מֶת] noun feminine sister-in-law (Late Hebrew יְבָמָה, ᵑ7יְבַמְתָּא, יְבִּימְתָּא; Syriac

) — only suffix יְבִמְתּו Deuteronomy 25:7 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 25:9 his brother's wife (widow), (compare Genesis 38:8) in levirate law; יְבִמְתֵּךְ Ruth 1:15 (twice in verse) thy husband's brother's wife.

List of Word Forms

יְבִמְתֵּ֔ךְ יְבִמְתֵּֽךְ׃ יְבִמְתּ֑וֹ יְבִמְתּ֣וֹ יְבִמְתּ֨וֹ יבמתו יבמתך יבמתך׃ yə·ḇim·têḵ yə·ḇim·tōw yəḇimtêḵ yəḇimtōw yevimTech yevimTo