יבם

יִבֵּם, יִיבֵּם(b. h.) to marry the wife of a brother who died without issue. Yeb.II, 1 ואח״כ י׳וכ׳ and afterwards the second brother married Ib. 6 ואחד מְיַבֵּם and one of the brothers may marry her. Ib. IV, 5 או חלוץ או יַבֵּם either discharge (v. חָלַץ) or marry (her). Ib. מצוה בגדול ליַבֵּם on the eldest brother the duty devolves (in the first order) to marry the deceaseds widow. Ib. II, 7 לא יְיַבְּמוּוכ׳ the other brothers must not both marry, but one discharges one, and the other ; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְיַבְּמָה, Nithpa. נִתְיַיבְּמָה to be married by the yabam. Ib. I, 2 חולצת ולא מִתְיַבֶּמֶת she must take off the yabams shoe, but cannot be married to him. Ib. 4 נִתְיַיבְּמוּ if they have been married Ib. 20b לא תִתְיַיבַּמְנָה ought not to be Num. R. s. 21 ואם לאו תִּתְיַיבֵּם אמנו and if daughters are not considered as legal heirs, let our mother be taken in marriage by the yabam; a. fr.