יָבָםyâbâm
husband's brother (Deuteronomy 25:7; Deuteronomy 25:5; Genesis 38:8; Deuteronomy 25:5-10)
Pronunciation: yaw-bawm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2993
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 25:5 “If two brothers are living together on the same property and one of them dies without a son, his widow may not be married to anyone from outside the family. Instead, her husband’s brother should marry her and have intercourse with her to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law.
- Deuteronomy 25:7 “But if the man refuses to marry his brother’s widow, she must go to the town gate and say to the elders assembled there, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel—he refuses to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law by marrying me.’
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).