יבם

Hebrew

Root
י־ב־ם (y-b-m)

Noun

יָבָם • (yavám) m (plural indefinite יְבָמִים, singular construct יְבַם־, plural construct יִבְמֵי־, feminine counterpart יְבָמָה)

1. (Jewish law) brother-in-law, husband's brother (usually of a childless widow)
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 25:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     כִּי־יֵשְׁבוּ אַחִים יַחְדָּו וּמֵת אַחַד מֵהֶם וּבֵן אֵין־לוֹ לֹא־תִהְיֶה אֵשֶׁת־הַמֵּת הַחוּצָה לְאִישׁ זָר יְבָמָהּ יָבֹא עָלֶיהָ וּלְקָחָהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה וְיִבְּמָהּ׃

     ki-yesh'vú 'akhím yakhdáv umét 'akhád mehém uvén 'ein-ló lo-tihyé 'eshet-hamét hakhútsa l'ísh zár y'vamáh yavó 'aléha ul'kakháh ló l'ishá v'yib'máh.
     kī-yēšəḇū ʾaḥīm yaḥdāw ūmēṯ ʾaḥaḏ mēhem ūḇēn ʾēn-lō lō-ṯihye ʾēšeṯ-hammēṯ haḥū́ṣā ləʾīš zār yəḇāmāh yāḇō ʿāléhā ūləqāḥāh lō ləʾiššā wəyibbəmāh.

     If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not be married abroad unto one not of his kin; her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her.

Declension

Declension of יָבָם

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	יָבָם	first	יְבָמִי		יְבָמֵנוּ
	definite	הַיָּבָם	second	יְבָמְךָ	יְבָמֵךְ	יְבַמְכֶם	יְבַמְכֶן
	construct	יְבַם־	third	יְבָמוֹ	יְבָמָהּ	יְבָמָם	יְבָמָן
plural	indefinite	יְבָמִים	first	יבמיי / יְבָמַי		יְבָמֵינוּ
	definite	הַיְּבָמִים	second	יְבָמֶיךָ	יבמייך / יְבָמַיִךְ	יִבְמֵיכֶם	יִבְמֵיכֶן
	construct	יִבְמֵי־	third	יְבָמָיו	יְבָמֶיהָ	יִבְמֵיהֶם	יִבְמֵיהֶן

References

• H2993 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

יִבֵּם • (yibém) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of ייבם