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Lexicon :: Strong's H2992 - yibēm

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יִבֵּם
Transliteration
yibēm
Pronunciation
yaw-bam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root of doubtful meaning
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TWOT Reference: 836

Strong’s Definitions

יָבַם yâbam, yaw-bam'; a primitive root of doubtful meaning; used only as a denominative from H2993; to marry a (deceased) brother's widow:—perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H2992 in the following manner: perform the duty of an husband's brother (2x), marry (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H2992 in the following manner: perform the duty of an husband's brother (2x), marry (1x).

  1. (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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָבַם yâbam, yaw-bam'; a primitive root of doubtful meaning; used only as a denominative from H2993; to marry a (deceased) brother's widow:—perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry.
STRONGS H2992: Abbreviations
† [יָבַם] verb denominative, only
Pi. 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 Genesis 38:8a); Infinitive suffix לֹא אָבָה יַבְּמִי Deuteronomy 25:7 (on nominal suffix as object of infinitive, see Ges§ 115 R. 2 near the end).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:8; 38:8

Deuteronomy

25:5; 25:7

H2992

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2992 matches the Hebrew יִבֵּם (yibēm),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:8 - Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.”

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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, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - However, if a man does not want to marry his brother’s wife, she shall go to the elders at the town gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to carry on his brother’s name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to me.”
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