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Lexicon :: Strong's H2994 - yᵊḇēmeṯ

Aa
יְבֵמֶת
Transliteration
yᵊḇēmeṯ
Pronunciation
yeb-ay'-meth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Participle of יִבֵּם (H2992)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 836b

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: יבמת.

Strong’s Definitions

יְבֵמֶת Yᵉbêmeth, yeb-ay'-meth; feminine participle of H2992; a sister-in-law:—brother's wife, sister in law.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H2994 in the following manner: brother's wife (3x), sister in law (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H2994 in the following manner: brother's wife (3x), sister in law (2x).

  1. sister-in-law, brother's wife, brother's widow

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְבֵמֶת Yᵉbêmeth, yeb-ay'-meth; feminine participle of H2992; a sister-in-law:—brother's wife, sister in law.
STRONGS H2994: Abbreviations
† [יְבֵ֫מֶת] noun feminine sister-in-law (Late Hebrew יְבָמָה, Targum יְבַמְתָּא, יְבִּימְתָּא; Syriac bdb038601) — only suffix יְבִמְתּו Deuteronomy 25:7 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 25:9 his brother's wife (widow), (compare Genesis 38:8) in levirate law; יְבִמְתֵּךְ Ruth 1:15 (twice in verse) thy husband's brother's wife.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:8

Deuteronomy

25:7; 25:9

Ruth

1:15

H2994

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2994 matches the Hebrew יְבֵמֶת (yᵊḇēmeṯ),
which occurs 5 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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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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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:9 - then his brother’s H251 wife H2994 shall come H5066 to him in the sight H5869 of the elders, H2205 and pull H2502 his sandal H5275 off H4480 H5921 his foot H7272 and spit H3417 in his face; H6440 and she shall [fn]declare, H6030 H559 ‘Thus H3602 it is done H6213 to the man H376 who H834 does not build H1129 up his brother’s H251 house.’ H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:15 - Then she said, H559 “Behold, H2009 your sister-in-law H2994 has gone H7725 back H7725 to her people H5971 and her gods; H430 return H7725 after H310 your sister-in-law.” H2994
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