2992. yabam
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yabam: to perform the duty of a husband's brother
Original Word: יָבַם
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: yabam
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-bam')
Short Definition: brother

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
denominative verb from yabam
Definition
to perform the duty of a husband's brother
NASB Translation
duty as a brother-in-law (1), husband's brother (2), perform the duty (2), perform your duty (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[יָבַם] verb denominative, only

Pi`el 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 va); Infinitive suffix לֹא אָבָה יַבְּמִי Deuteronomy 25:7 (on nominal suffix as object of infinitive, see Ges§ 115 R. 2 near the end).

יַבְנְאֵל, יַבְנֶה, יִבְנְיָה, יִבְנִיָּה see below בנה.

יַבֹּק see below בקק above

יְבֶרֶכְיָ֫הוּ see below ברך above

יִבְשָׂם see below בשׂם above



Strong's
perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry

A primitive root of doubtful meaning; used only as a denominative from yabam; to marry a (deceased) brother's widow -- perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry.

see HEBREW yabam

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