H2993
Hebrew
יָבָם
yâbâm (yaw-bawm')
a brotherin-law
KJV Translations of H2993
husband's brother.
Word Origin & Derivation
from (the orig. of) H2992 (יָבַם);
H2993 in the King James Bible
2 verses
Deuteronomy 25:5
יְבָמָהּ֙
If 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 25:7
יְבָמִ֜י
And 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.