יָבַם

ya.vam

be brother-in-law

Strong’s H2992Verb3 times in the Hebrew Bible

act as a husband's brother for1

he will act as a husband's brother for1

to act as a husband's brother for1

In the text

Genesis 38:8וְיַבֵּם
Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
Deuteronomy 25:5וְיִבְּמָהּ
When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

[יָבַם] vb. denom., only Pi. do duty of יָבַם to a brother's widow

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.