- Original: יבם - Transliteration: Yabam - Phonetic: yaw-bam' - Definition: 1. (Piel) to perform levirate marriage, perform the duty of a brother-in-law a. the duty due to a brother who died childless - to marry his widow and have a son for his name - Origin: a primitive root of doubtful meaning - TWOT entry: 836 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root of doubtful meaning; used only as a denominative from H2993 ; to marry a (deceased) brother´s widow: - perform the duty of a husband´s brother marry. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • brother, 2 Deuteronomy 25:5; Deuteronomy 25:7 • marry, 1 Genesis 38:8