יְבֵמֶת
yevemet · sister-in-law
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2994 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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yevemet (יְבֵמֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “sister-in-law”.
The wife of a brother.
How to say it
ye·ve·met
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A brother's wife.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 25:7
But if the man does not want to take his sister-in-law, then his sister-in-law shall go up to the gate, to the elders, and say, “My brother-in-law refuses to raise up a name for his brother in Israel; he is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me.”
- Deuteronomy 25:9
then his sister-in-law shall come near to him in the sight of the elders and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.”
- Ruth 1:15
And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.”
And 2 more times.