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Strong's #2994: Ybemeth (pronounced yeb-ay'-meth)

feminine participle of 2992; a sister-in-law:--brother's wife, sister in law.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

yebêmeth

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

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: participle of H2992



Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

Deuteronomy 25:7: "not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto"
Deuteronomy 25:7: "to take then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders,"
Deuteronomy 25:9: " Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose from off"
Ruth 1:15: "And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, her gods:"
Ruth 1:15: "her gods: return thou after thy sister-in-law."









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