reltext / Hebrew lexicon

H2994

יְבֵ֫מֶת

ye.ve.metH:N-F

sister-in-law

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[יְבֵ֫מֶת] noun feminine sister-in-law (Late Hebrew יְבָמָה, ᵑ7 יְבַמְתָּא, יְבִּימְתָּא; Syriac ) — only suffix יְבִמְתּו Deut 25:7 (twice in verse); Deut 25:9 his brother's wife (widow), (compare Gen 38:8) in levirate law; יְבִמְתֵּךְ Ruth 1:15 (twice in verse) thy husband's brother's wife.

3 occurrences

Deuteronomy (2), Ruth (1)