Lexical Summary yabam: husband's brother Original Word: יָבָםTransliteration: yabam Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-bawm') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: husband's brother Meaning: husband's brother Strong's Concordance husband's brother From (the orig. Of) yabam; a brother-in-law -- husband's brother. see HEBREW yabam Brown-Driver-Briggs H2993. yabam [יָבָם] noun masculine husband's brother (Late Hebrew id.; יַבְמָא ᵑ7; see LagM ii. 78) — only suffix יְבֶמִי Deuteronomy 25:7, יְבָמָהּ 25:5, in law of levirate marriage (compare Genesis 38:8; see also DrDeuteronomy 25:5-10). |