Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #2993 - יָבָם yabam (husband's brother)

Original Word:	יָבָם
Transliteration:	yabam
Definition:	husband's brother
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(yaw-bawm')
	............................................................................................................................

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

husband's brother

From (the orig. Of) yabam; a brother-in-law -- husband's brother.

see HEBREW yabam

Englishman's Concordance

1) brother-in-law, husband’s brother
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from (the orig. of) H2992
Same Word by TWOT Number: 836a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[יָבָם] noun masculinehusband's brother (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7יַבְמָא; see Lag^{M ii. 78}) — only suffix יְבֶמִיDeuteronomy 25:7, יְבָמָהּDeuteronomy 25:5, in law of levirate marriage (compare Genesis 38:8; see also Dr^{Deuteronomy 25:5-10}).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2993. יָבָם (yabam) — 2 Occurrences

Deuteronomy 25:5
HEB:לְאִ֣ישׁ זָ֑ר יְבָמָהּ֙ יָבֹ֣א עָלֶ֔יהָ
NAS: man. Her husband's brother shall go
KJV: unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in
INT: man A strange her husband's shall go in

Deuteronomy 25:7
HEB:וְאָֽמְרָה֙ מֵאֵ֨ין יְבָמִ֜י לְהָקִ֨ים לְאָחִ֥יו
NAS: and say, 'My husband's brother refuses
KJV: and say, My husband's brother refuseth
INT: and say refuses my husband's to establish his brother

« Previous