{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2992",
  "lemma": "יָבַם",
  "transliteration": "yâbam",
  "definition": "to marry a (deceased) brother's widow",
  "kjv": "perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry.",
  "occurrences": 3,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2993",
      "lemma": "יָבָם",
      "transliteration": "yâbâm",
      "meaning": "a brotherin-law",
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    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[יָבַם] vb. denom., only Pi. do duty of יָבַם to a brother's widow"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:8",
      "text": "Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 25:5",
      "text": "If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/25?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 25:7",
      "text": "If the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/25?v=7"
    }
  ],
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