H2993

יָבָם

ya.vamH:N-M

brother-in-law

brother-in-law, husband's brother

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[יָבָם] noun masculine husband's brother (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7 יַבְמָא; see LagM ii. 78) — only suffix יְבֶמִי Deut 25:7, יְבָמָהּ Deut 25:5, in law of levirate marriage (compare Gen 38:8 see also DrDeut 25:5-10).


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