◄ 2994. yebemeth ►
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yebemeth: Sister-in-law, specifically a brother's widow

Original Word: יְבֵמֶת
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: Ybemeth
Pronunciation: yeh-beh-meth
Phonetic Spelling: (yeb-ay'-meth)
KJV: brother's wife, sister in law
NASB: brother's wife, sister-in-law, wife
Word Origin: [feminine participle of H2992 (יָבַם - husband's brother)]

1. a sister-in-law

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
brother's wife, sister in law

Feminine participle of yabam; a sister-in-law -- brother's wife, sister in law.

see HEBREW yabam

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as yabam
Definition
sister-in-law
NASB Translation
brother's wife (2), sister-in-law (2), wife (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[יְבֵ֫מֶת] noun feminine sister-in-law (Late Hebrew יְבָמָה, ᵑ7 יְבַמְתָּא, יְבִּימְתָּא; Syriac ) — only suffix יְבִמְתּו Deuteronomy 25:7 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 25:9 his brother's wife (widow), (compare Genesis 38:8) in levirate law; יְבִמְתֵּךְ Ruth 1:15 (twice in verse) thy husband's brother's wife.

Forms and Transliterations
יְבִמְתֵּ֔ךְ יְבִמְתֵּֽךְ׃ יְבִמְתּ֑וֹ יְבִמְתּ֣וֹ יְבִמְתּ֨וֹ יבמתו יבמתך יבמתך׃ yə·ḇim·têḵ yə·ḇim·tōw yəḇimtêḵ yəḇimtōw yevimTech yevimTo
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Englishman's Concordance
Deuteronomy 25:7
HEB: לָקַ֖חַת אֶת־ יְבִמְתּ֑וֹ וְעָלְתָה֩ יְבִמְתּ֨וֹ
NAS: to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife
KJV: not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife
INT: the man to take his brother's shall go wife

Deuteronomy 25:7
HEB: יְבִמְתּ֑וֹ וְעָלְתָה֩ יְבִמְתּ֨וֹ הַשַּׁ֜עְרָה אֶל־
NAS: his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go
KJV: his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up
INT: his brother's shall go wife to the gate to

Deuteronomy 25:9
HEB: וְנִגְּשָׁ֨ה יְבִמְתּ֣וֹ אֵלָיו֮ לְעֵינֵ֣י
NAS: then his brother's wife shall come
KJV: Then shall his brother's wife come
INT: shall come wife to him the sight

Ruth 1:15
HEB: הִנֵּה֙ שָׁ֣בָה יְבִמְתֵּ֔ךְ אֶל־ עַמָּ֖הּ
NAS: Behold, your sister-in-law has gone
KJV: And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back
INT: Behold has gone your sister-in-law to her people

Ruth 1:15
HEB: שׁ֖וּבִי אַחֲרֵ֥י יְבִמְתֵּֽךְ׃
NAS: return after your sister-in-law.
KJV: return thou after thy sister in law.
INT: back after your sister-in-law

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2994
5 Occurrences


yə·ḇim·têḵ — 2 Occ.
yə·ḇim·tōw — 3 Occ.

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