יְבֵמֶת
Yᵉbêmeth · yeb-ay'-meth
a sister-in-law
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine participle of H2992 (יָבַם);
a sister-in-law
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: brother's wife, sister in law.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the house, what is within › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign
The hand that works of the house, what is within of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְבֵמֶת 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his brother's wife1 · 20%
- then let his brother's wife1 · 20%
- then shall his brother's wife1 · 20%
- behold, thy sister in law1 · 20%
- thy sister in law1 · 20%
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.