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יַבְמָה‏ n.f. sister-in-law

sister-in-law Syr, LJLA. TgRuth1:15 : ואמרת הא תבת יבמתך לות עמה ולות דחלתה[א]‏ . especially as yevama : brother's widow Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, Sam, JBAg, LJLA. TgO Deut25:7 : וְאִם לָא יִצבֵי גַברָא לְמִיסַב יָת יְבִמתֵיה‏ but if the man does not wish to marry his sister-in-law. TN Deut25:7 : יבומתיה/יבמ׳‏ . FTP Deut25:10 : מצוותא דיבמה‏ the commandment of the widowed-sister-in-law. PJ Deut25:9 : ותתקרב יבימתיה לוותיה לקדם חכימיא‏ his sister-in-law should approach him in the presence of the sages.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 234b; DJBA: 522b; Jastrow: 562; Levy Ch-W: 1:325; Tal Sam: 329; Cook,Qumran: 98;

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