Lexicon yebemeth: sister-in-law Original Word: יְבֶ֫מֶתPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: yebemeth Phonetic Spelling: (yeb-ay'-meth) Short Definition: wife NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as yabamDefinitionsister-in-law NASB Translationbrother's wife (2), sister-in-law (2), wife (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ יְבֵ֫מֶת] noun feminine sister-in-law (Late Hebrew יְבָמָה, ᵑ7 יְבַמְתָּא, יְבִּימְתָּא; Syriac  ) — only suffix יְבִמְתּו Deuteronomy 25:7 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 25:9 his brother's wife (widow), (compare Genesis 38:8) in levirate law; יְבִמְתֵּךְ Ruth 1:15 (twice in verse) thy husband's brother's wife. Strong's brother's wife, sister in law Feminine participle of yabam; a sister-in-law -- brother's wife, sister in law. see HEBREW yabam |
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