Lexical Summary yebemeth: sister-in-law Original Word: יְבֵמֶתTransliteration: yebemeth Phonetic Spelling: (yeb-ay'-meth) Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: sister-in-law Meaning: a sister-in-law Strong's Concordance brother's wife, sister in law Feminine participle of yabam; a sister-in-law -- brother's wife, sister in law. see HEBREW yabam Brown-Driver-Briggs H2994. yebemeth [יְבֵ֫מֶת] noun feminine sister-in-law (Late Hebrew יְבִּימְתָּא יְבַמְתָּא, ᵑ7 יְבָמָה,; Syriac ) — only suffix יְבִמְתּו Deuteronomy 25:7 (twice in verse); 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. |
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