# H2992 יָבַם

יָבַם (yâbam), Strong’s H2992: to marry a (deceased) brother's widow KJV: perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry.. Occurs 3 times.

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*yâbam* — to marry a (deceased) brother's widow

KJV: perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry.

Derived from [יָבָם yâbâm](https://besorah.bible/word/H2993) (a brotherin-law)

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [יָבַם] vb. denom., only Pi. do duty of יָבַם to a brother's widow

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 38:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=8) — 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…
- [Deuteronomy 25:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/25?v=5) — 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…
- [Deuteronomy 25:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/25?v=7) — 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…