Lexical Definition

‎יְבֵמֶת‎ Yᵉbêmeth (yeb-ay'-meth) sister-in-law ^H:N-F
feminine participle of ‎יָבַם‎

brother's wife, sister in law.

• a sister-in-law

1) sister-in-law, brother's wife, brother's widow

See Greek: ἀδελφός · γυνή · γυνή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎יְבֵ֫מֶת‎] noun feminine sister-in-law (Late Hebrew ‎יְבָמָה‎, ᵑ7 ‎יְבַמְתָּא‎, ‎יְבִּימְתָּא‎; Syriac ) — only suffix ‎יְבִמְתּו‎ Deut 25:7 (twice in verse); Deut 25:9 his brother's wife (widow), (compare Gen 38:8) in levirate law; ‎יְבִמְתֵּךְ‎ Ruth 1:15 (twice in verse) thy husband's brother's wife.

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