יָבַם
yâbam · yaw-bam'
to marry a (deceased) brother's widow
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root of doubtful meaning; used only as a denominative from H2993 (יָבָם);
to marry a (deceased) brother's widow
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the house, what is within › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The hand that works of the house, what is within of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָבַם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and marry1 · 33%
- and perform the duty of an husband's brother1 · 33%
- not perform the duty of my husband's brother1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.