Know the Word.

Hebrew word

Yᵉbêmeth

yeb-ay'-meth

יְבֵמֶת

What it means

a sister-in-law

Where it comes from

feminine participle of yâbam (יָבַם)

How the King James translates it

  • wife3
  • law1

Every place it appears 4

Deuteronomy25:725:9
Ruth1:15
Yᵉbêmeth — Hebrew word meaning “a sister-in-law”