יָבַם (ya.vam) means “be brother-in-law” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: yaw-bam' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
יָבַם · ya.vam · be brother-in-law
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
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a primitive root of doubtful meaning; used only as a denominative from H2993 (יָבָם); to marry a (deceased) brother's widow
KJV glosses: perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her | 1 |
| perform your duty as her brother-in-law | 1 |
| to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and marry | 1 |
| and perform the duty of an husbands brother | 1 |
| not perform the duty of my husbands brother | 1 |
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Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
Read word by wordWhen brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.
Read word by wordBut if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
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