1) (Piel) to perform levirate marriage, perform the duty of a brother-in-law 1a) the duty due to a brother who died childless - to marry his widow and have a son for his name
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H2992 — יָבַם
ya.vam · be brother-in-law · Hebrew/Aramaic
3 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 38:8 · וְיַבֵּ֣םAnd Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.Deuteronomy 25:5 · וְיִבְּמָֽהּ׃If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her.Deuteronomy 25:7 · יַבְּמִֽי׃And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall 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 a husband’s brother unto me.