יָבָם
Used: 1 times · Key: 2993 · BDB: יָבָם
Glosses
brother (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
husband’s brother tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. husband’s brother tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. husband’s brother (NH id.; 𝔗 יַבְמָא; v. LagM ii. 78)—only sf. יְבָמִי Dt 25:7, יְבָמָהּ 25:5, in law of levirate marriage (cf. Gn 38:8; v. also Dr Dt 25:5–10).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «יָבָם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
כִּֽי־יֵשְׁב֨וּ אַחִ֜ים יַחְדָּ֗ו וּמֵ֨ת אַחַ֤ד מֵהֶם֙ וּבֵ֣ן אֵֽין־ל֔וֹ לֹֽא־תִהְיֶ֧ה אֵֽשֶׁת־הַמֵּ֛ת הַח֖וּצָה לְאִ֣ישׁ זָ֑ר יְבָמָהּ֙ יָבֹ֣א עָלֶ֔יהָ וּלְקָחָ֥הּ ל֛וֹ לְאִשָּׁ֖ה וְיִבְּמָֽהּ׃
Word for word: (dm) they.will.dwell brothers together and he.will.die one of them and a.son there.[belongs].not to him not she.will.belong the.wife of the.dead.[man] to the outside to a.man strange brother her.husband's he.will.go on her and he will.take.her for himself to a.wife and he will.act.as.a.husband's.brother.for.her
JPS 1917: 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.
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