# H2993 יָבָם

יָבָם (yâbâm), Strong’s H2993: a brotherin-law KJV: husband's brother.. Occurs 2 times.

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*yâbâm* — a brotherin-law

KJV: husband's brother.

Derived from [יָבַם yâbam](https://besorah.bible/word/H2992) (to marry a)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [יָבָם] n.m. husband’s brother

## Where it occurs
- [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…