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Strong's H2993

← H2993 ⌂ →

יָבָם (yâbâm) n-m (yaw-bawm')
Source: from (the orig. of) H2992;
Meaning: a brother-in-law
KJV: husband's brother.

Associated OET lemmas: יָבָם

UBS dictionary entries sharing a lemma or Strong’s identifier: יָבָם (H2993)

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

j.ai.ab

† [יָבָם] n.m. husband’s brother

Recorded in 2 verses, in OET book order.

OET-LV: 5 If/because brothers they _will _dwell together and_ one from_them _he _will _die and_a _son there_belongs_not to_him/it not the _wife _of the _dead_man she _will _belong to_the_outside to_a _man strange brother_of_her_husband’s he _will _go on/upon_it(f) and_he_will _take _her to_him/it to/for_(a)_woman and_he_will _act _as _a _husband’s _brother _for _her. (DEU 25:5)

OET-RV: 5 If some brothers live on the same property and one of them dies without leaving a son, then the widow mustn’t marry outside of the family. Her brother-in-law must take her as a wife for himself and perform the duty of a brother-in-law. (DEU 25:5)

Jump to OET DEU 25:5 section.

OET-LV: 7 And_if not the_man he _will _desire to_take/accept/receive DOM wife _of_his _brother’s and_ wife _of_his _brother’s _she _will _go _up to_the_gate to the_elders and_she _will _say brother_of_my_husband’s he _has _refused to_establish for_brother _of_his a _name in_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) not he _was _willing to_act _as _a _husband’s _brother _for _me. (DEU 25:7)

OET-RV: 7 But if the dead man’s brother doesn’t want to marry the widow, she must go to the elders at the city gate and explain that her brother-in-law is refusing to do his duty to preserve the dead brother’s family name in Yisrael. (DEU 25:7)

Jump to OET DEU 25:7 section.

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