Strong's Hebrew #2992 - יָבַם yabam (to perform the duty of a husband's brother)

perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry

A primitive root of doubtful meaning; used only as a denominative from yabam; to marry a (deceased) brother's widow -- perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry.

see HEBREW yabam

1) (Piel) to perform levirate marriage, perform the duty of a brother-in-law
1a) the duty due to a brother who died childless - to marry his widow and have a son for his name
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root of doubtful meaning
Same Word by TWOT Number: 836

[יָבַם] verb denominative, only

Pi`el do the duty of יָבָם to a brother's widow; Perfect וְיִבְּמָהּ consecutive Deuteronomy 25:5 and shall do a brother-in-law's office to her; Imperative יַבֵּם אֹתָהּ Genesis 38:8 (i.e. אֵשֶׁת אָחִיךָ v^a); Infinitive suffix לֹא אָבָה יַבְּמִי Deuteronomy 25:7 (on nominal suffix as object of infinitive, see Ges^{§ 115} R. 2 near the end).

יַבְנְאֵל, יַבְנֶה, יִבְנְיָה, יִבְנִיָּה see below בנה.

יַבֹּק see below בקק above

יְבֶרֶכְיָ֫הוּ see below ברך above

יִבְשָׂם see below בשׂם above

Strong's Hebrew: 2992. יָבַם (yabam) — 3 Occurrences

Genesis 38:8
HEB: אֵ֥שֶׁת אָחִ֖יךָ וְיַבֵּ֣ם אֹתָ֑הּ וְהָקֵ֥ם
NAS: wife, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise
KJV: wife, and marry her, and raise up
INT: wife to your brother's and perform to her and raise offspring

Deuteronomy 25:5
HEB: ל֛וֹ לְאִשָּׁ֖ה וְיִבְּמָֽהּ׃
NAS: her to himself as wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
KJV: her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
INT: to her and take wife and perform

Deuteronomy 25:7
HEB: לֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה יַבְּמִֽי׃
NAS: he is not willing to perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.'
KJV: he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
INT: is not willing to perform