» H2992 «
#2992 יָבַם yabam {yaw-bam'}
a primitive root of doubtful meaning; TWOT - 836; v
—Hebrew Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)
1) (Piel) to perform levirate marriage, perform the duty of a
brother-in-law
1a) the duty due to a brother who died childless - to marry his
widow and have a son for his name
—Brown-Driver-Briggs (Old Testament Hebrew-English Lexicon)
A primitive root of doubtful meaning; used only as a denominative from
H2993; to
marry a (deceased) brother's widow:—perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry.
—Strong's (Hebrew & Chaldee Dictionary of the Old Testament)
- #2992.
- יָבַם
- yabam (386a); denom. vb. from 2993; to perform the duty of a husband’s brother:—
- NASB - duty as a brother-in-law(1), husband's brother(2), perform the duty(2), perform your duty(1).
—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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AV - perform the duty of an husband's brother 2, marry 1; 3
- brother
- Deuteronomy 25:5, 7.
- marry
- Genesis 38:8.
—Exhaustive Concordance (KJV Translation Frequency & Location)
