Be brother-in-law
יָבַםStrong’s H2992yavam (ya-vam)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yavam is the Hebrew word usually translated “act as a husband s brother for”, “act as a husband s brother for her” and “act as a husband s brother for me”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.”
Meaning
- (Piel) to perform levirate marriage, perform the duty of a brother-in-lawthe duty due to a brother who died childless - to marry his widow and have a son for his name
How it's translated
- and act as a husband s brother for 1
- and he will act as a husband s brother for her 1
- to act as a husband s brother for me 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 2
- Genesis 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 25:5If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
- Deuteronomy 25:7And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
Hebrew dictionary
יָבַם yavam · 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.