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Lexicon :: Strong's H2993 - yāḇām

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יָבָם
Transliteration
yāḇām
Pronunciation
yaw-bawm'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From (the orig. of) יִבֵּם (H2992)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 836a

Strong’s Definitions

יָבָם yâbâm, yaw-bawm'; from (the original of) H2992; a brother-in-law:—husband's brother.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H2993 in the following manner: husband's brother (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H2993 in the following manner: husband's brother (2x).

  1. brother-in-law, husband's brother

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָבָם yâbâm, yaw-bawm'; from (the original of) H2992; a brother-in-law:—husband's brother.
STRONGS H2993: Abbreviations
† [יָבָם] noun masculine husband's brother (Late Hebrew id.; Targum יַבְמָא; see LagM ii. 78) — only suffix יְבֶמִי Deuteronomy 25:7, יְבָמָהּ Deuteronomy 25:5, in law of levirate marriage (compare Genesis 38:8; see also DrDeuteronomy 25:5-10).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:8

Deuteronomy

25:5; 25:5; 25:6; 25:7; 25:7; 25:8; 25:9; 25:10

H2993

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2993 matches the Hebrew יָבָם (yāḇām),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:5 -

“If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, the widow of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall be intimate with her after taking her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - “But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s [widowed] wife, then she shall go up to the gate [of the city, where court is held] to the elders, and say, ‘My brother-in-law refuses to continue his brother’s name in Israel; he is not willing to perform the duty of a husband’s brother.’
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