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Lexicon :: Strong's H2994 - yᵊḇēmeṯ

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יְבֵמֶת
Transliteration
yᵊḇēmeṯ
Pronunciation
yeb-ay'-meth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Participle of יִבֵּם (H2992)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 836b

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: יבמת.

Strong’s Definitions

יְבֵמֶת Yᵉbêmeth, yeb-ay'-meth; feminine participle of H2992; a sister-in-law:—brother's wife, sister in law.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H2994 in the following manner: brother's wife (3x), sister in law (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H2994 in the following manner: brother's wife (3x), sister in law (2x).

  1. sister-in-law, brother's wife, brother's widow

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְבֵמֶת Yᵉbêmeth, yeb-ay'-meth; feminine participle of H2992; a sister-in-law:—brother's wife, sister in law.
STRONGS H2994: Abbreviations
† [יְבֵ֫מֶת] noun feminine sister-in-law (Late Hebrew יְבָמָה, Targum יְבַמְתָּא, יְבִּימְתָּא; Syriac bdb038601) — 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.
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

25:7; 25:9

Ruth

1:15

H2994

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2994 matches the Hebrew יְבֵמֶת (yᵊḇēmeṯ),
which occurs 5 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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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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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:9 - his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face and say, “This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother’s family line.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:15 - “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.”
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