יְבֵמֶת
Used: 5 times · Key: 2994 · BDB: יְבֵ֫מֶת
Glosses
wife (3); sister-in-law (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
sister-in-law tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. sister-in-law tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. sister-in-law (NH יְבָמָה, 𝔗 יְבַמְתָּא, יְבִימְתָּא; Syriac ܝܺܒܰܡܬܳܐ )—only sf. יְבִמְתּוֹ Dt 25:7(×2), 9 his brother’s wife (widow), (cf. Gn 38:8) in levirate law; יְבִמְתֵּךְ Ru 1:15(×2) thy husband’s brother’s wife.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «יְבֵמֶת» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וַתֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּה֙ שָׁ֣בָה יְבִמְתֵּ֔ךְ אֶל־עַמָּ֖הּ וְאֶל־אֱלֹהֶ֑יהָ שׁ֖וּבִי אַחֲרֵ֥י יְבִמְתֵּֽךְ׃
Word for word: and she.said there! she.has.returned sister-in-law your to people her and to gods her go.back after sister-in-law your
JPS 1917: And she said: 'Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god; return thou after thy sister-in-law.'
וְאִם־לֹ֤א יַחְפֹּץ֙ הָאִ֔ישׁ לָקַ֖חַת אֶת־יְבִמְתּ֑וֹ וְעָלְתָה֩ יְבִמְתּ֨וֹ הַשַּׁ֜עְרָה אֶל־הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים וְאָֽמְרָה֙ מֵאֵ֨ין יְבָמִ֜י לְהָקִ֨ים לְאָחִ֥יו שֵׁם֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה יַבְּמִֽי׃
Word for word: and if not he.will.desire the man to take (et) wife his.brother's and she.will.go.up wife his.brother's to the gate to the elders and she.will.say he.has.refused brother my.husband's to establish for brother his a.name in Israel not he.was.willing to act.as.a.husband's.brother.for.me
JPS 1917: And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say: 'My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother unto me.'
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