yabam <02992>
Mby yabam
| Pronunciation: | yaw-bam' |
| Origin: | a primitive root of doubtful meaning |
| Reference: | TWOT - 836 |
| PrtSpch: | verb |
| In Hebrew: | Mbyw 1, hmbyw 1, ymby 1 |
| In NET: | perform the duty of a brother-in-law 2, fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law 1 |
| In AV: | perform the duty of an husband's brother 2, marry 1 |
| Count: | 3 |
| Definition: | 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 a primitive root of doubtful meaning; used only as a denominative from 2993; to marry a (deceased) brother's widow:-perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry. see HEBREW for 02993 |
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