2992. yabam
Strong's Concordance
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
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 Exhaustive Concordance
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

Forms and Transliterations
וְיִבְּמָֽהּ׃ וְיַבֵּ֣ם ויבם ויבמה׃ יַבְּמִֽי׃ יבמי׃ veyabBem veyibbeMah wə·yab·bêm wə·yib·bə·māh wəyabbêm wəyibbəmāh yab·bə·mî yabbeMi yabbəmî
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Strong's Hebrew 2992
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wə·yab·bêm — 1 Occ.
wə·yib·bə·māh — 1 Occ.
yab·bə·mî — 1 Occ.

Genesis 38:8
HEB: אֵ֥שֶׁת אָחִ֖יךָ וְיַבֵּ֣ם אֹתָ֑הּ וְהָקֵ֥ם
NAS: wife, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise
KJV: wife, and marry her, and raise up
INT: wife to your brother's and perform to her and raise offspring

Deuteronomy 25:5
HEB: ל֛וֹ לְאִשָּׁ֖ה וְיִבְּמָֽהּ׃
NAS: her to himself as wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
KJV: her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
INT: to her and take wife and perform

Deuteronomy 25:7
HEB: לֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה יַבְּמִֽי׃
NAS: he is not willing to perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.'
KJV: he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
INT: is not willing to perform

3 Occurrences

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