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H2994יְבֵ֫מֶתye.ve.met

sister-in-lawPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 3
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. 2
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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5 occurrences in 3 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Deuteronomy 25:7

    And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say: 'My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brothe

    יְבִמְתּ֑וֹ (יְבִמְתּ֑) ye.vim.T “brother's wife”יְבִמְתּ֨וֹ (יְבִמְתּ֨) ye.vim.T “brother's wife”

  2. Deuteronomy 25:9

    then shall his brother's wife draw nigh unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say: 'So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house.'

    יְבִמְתּ֣וֹ (יְבִמְתּ֣) ye.vim.T “brother's wife”

  3. Ruth 1:15

    And she said: 'Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god; return thou after thy sister-in-law.'

    יְבִמְתֵּ֔ךְ (יְבִמְתֵּ֔) ye.vim.Te “sister-in-law”יְבִמְתֵּֽךְ׃ (יְבִמְתֵּֽ) ye.vim.Te “sister-in-law”