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 &c. 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 deceased’s widow. Ib. II, 7 לא יְיַבְּמוּ וכ׳ the other brothers must not both marry, but one discharges one, and the other &c.; a. fr.
Hithpa. - הִתְיַבְּמָה, , Nithpa. נִתְיַיבְּמָה to be married by the yabam. Ib. I, 2 חולצת ולא מִתְיַבֶּמֶת she must take off the yabam’s shoe, but cannot be married to him. Ib. 4 נִתְיַיבְּמוּ if they have been married &c. Ib. 20ᵇ לא תִתְיַיבַּמְנָה ought not to be &c. 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.