יָבָם, (b. h.) husband’s brother, brother-in-law who in the case of his brother dying without issue enters his estate and marries his wife (Deut. XXV, 5, sq.). Lev. R. s. 20; Zeb. 102ᵃ יְבָמָהּ מלך her brother-in-law (Moses) was a ruler.—Yeb. IV, 3, a. fr. שומרת י׳ a widow waiting for the yabam to marry or reject her. Ib. III, 9 שעליה זיקת י׳ אחד who is tied to one yabam, v. זָקַק; a. fr.—Pl. יְבָמִין. Ib. שעליה זיקת שני י׳ who is tied to two yabamim (one yabam having died after having engaged to marry her, the surviving brother combines in his person the original duty of the yabam to his first deceased brother, and the subsequent duty falling upon him on his second brother’s death). Ib. IX, 1 אסורות לִיבָמֵיהֶן are forbidden in marriage to their brothers-in-law. Ib. 52ᵃ שטר כתובת י׳ the deed of marriage for yabamim. Ib. 52ᵇ התקדשי לו במאמר י׳ be betrothed unto me by dint of the promise arranged for yabamin; v. מַאֲמַר. B. Bath. 119ᵇ פרשת י׳ the chapter relating to the duties of the yabam and y’bamah; a. fr.—Denom.