יְבֵמֶתYᵉbêmeth

Same root

• יָבַםyâbam · H2992to marry a (deceased) brother's widow

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

• 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.’
• Deuteronomy 25:9 the widow must walk over to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. Then she must declare, ‘This is what happens to a man who refuses to provide his brother with children.’
• Ruth 1:15 “Look,” Naomi said to her, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. You should do the same.”