BDB3407
[יָבָם] noun masculine husband's brother (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7 יַבְמָא; see LagM ii. 78) — only suffix יְבֶמִי Deut 25:7, יְבָמָהּ Deut 25:5, in law of levirate marriage (compare Gen 38:8 see also Dr Deut 25:5-10 ).
Strong's Lexicon
H2993
H2993 — יָבָם
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H2993 |
|---|---|
| Word: | יָבָם |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from (the orig. of) H2992 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | yabam |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | yaw-bawm' |
| Meaning: | 1. a brother-in-law |
| KJV Renderings: | husband's brother. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
יבם (yah-vam’)
Deuteronomy 25:7
- KJV: And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.brother’s: or, next kinsman’s
- EHCC: perform the duty of my husband's brother.
Genesis 38:8
- KJV: And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
- EHCC: thy brother's wife, aad marry her,