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Lexicon :: Strong's H2992 - yibēm

Aa
יִבֵּם
Transliteration
yibēm
Pronunciation
yaw-bam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root of doubtful meaning
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 836

Strong’s Definitions

יָבַם yâbam, yaw-bam'; a primitive root of doubtful meaning; used only as a denominative from H2993; to marry a (deceased) brother's widow:—perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H2992 in the following manner: perform the duty of an husband's brother (2x), marry (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H2992 in the following manner: perform the duty of an husband's brother (2x), marry (1x).

  1. (Piel) to perform levirate marriage, perform the duty of a brother-in-law

    1. the duty due to a brother who died childless - to marry his widow and have a son for his name

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָבַם yâbam, yaw-bam'; a primitive root of doubtful meaning; used only as a denominative from H2993; to marry a (deceased) brother's widow:—perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry.
STRONGS H2992: Abbreviations
† [יָבַם] verb denominative, only
Pi. 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 Genesis 38:8a); Infinitive suffix לֹא אָבָה יַבְּמִי Deuteronomy 25:7 (on nominal suffix as object of infinitive, see Ges§ 115 R. 2 near the end).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:8; 38:8

Deuteronomy

25:5; 25:7

H2992

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2992 matches the Hebrew יִבֵּם (yibēm),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:8 - And H559➔ Judah H3063 said ➔H559 unto Onan, H209 Go in H935 unto H413 thy brother's H251 wife, H802 and marry H2992 her, H853 and raise up H6965 seed H2233 to thy brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:5 - If H3588 brethren H251 dwell H3427 together, H3162 and H4191➔ one H259 of them H1992 die, ➔H4191 and H1121➔ have no H369 child, ➔H1121 the wife H802 of the dead H4191 shall H1961 not H3808 marry without H2351 unto H376 a stranger: H2114 her husband's brother H2993 shall go in H935 unto her, H5921 and take her H3947 to him to wife, H802 and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. H2992

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - And if H518 the man H376 like H2654 not H3808 to take H3947 his brother's wife, H2994 then let H5927➔ his brother's wife H2994 go up ➔H5927 to the gate H8179 unto H413 the elders, H2205 and say, H559 My husband's brother H2993 refuseth H3985 to raise up H6965 unto his brother H251 a name H8034 in Israel, H3478 he will H14 not H3808 perform the duty of my husband's brother. H2992
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