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Lexicon :: Strong's H2992 - yibēm

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יִבֵּם
Transliteration
yibēm
Pronunciation
yaw-bam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root of doubtful meaning
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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 - Then Judah H3063 said H559 to Onan, H209 “Go H935 in to your brother’s H251 wife, H802 and perform H2992 your duty H2992 as a brother-in-law H2992 to her, and raise H6965 up [fn]offspring H2233 for your brother.” H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:5 - “When H3588 brothers H251 live H3427 together H3162 and one H259 of them dies H4191 and has H369 no H369 son, H1121 the wife H802 of the deceased H4191 shall not be married outside H2351 the family to a strange H2114 man. H376 Her husband’s H2993 brother H2993 shall go H935 in to her and take H3947 her to himself as wife H802 and perform H2992 the duty H2992 of a husband’s H2992 brother H2992 to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - “But if H518 the man H376 does not desire H2654 to take H3947 his brother’s H2994 wife, H2994 then his brother’s H2994 wife H2994 shall go H5927 up to the gate H8179 to the elders H2205 and say, H559 ‘My husband’s H2993 brother H2993 refuses H3985 to establish H6965 a name H8034 for his brother H251 in Israel; H3478 he is not willing H14 to perform H2992 the duty H2992 of a husband’s H2992 brother H2992 to me.’
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