# \*wa-bām- 'father-in-law' 1, 'brother-in-law, levir' 2

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: brother-in-law, father-in-law, kinsman by marriage
- SED semet 14
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/b/13_father_in_law_1_brother_in_law_levir_2.md

## In Linear A

- [I-JA-PA-ME](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-JA-PA-ME/index.md>) (yabame): brother-in-law (kin title); I-JA-PA-ME · TA-TA 'the brother-in-law of Tatta'; rival ybmt 'sister-in-law', Anat's epithet

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: yabāmum 'father-in-law' 1 [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ybm]

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: yābām 2 (BDB 386)
- Ugaritic: ybm 'brother-in-law' 2 [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ybm]
- Syrian Aramaic: yibam 'brother-in-law, levir' 2 (Payne Smith 185)
- Amorite: yabamu 2 (Streck 2000, 120) (gloss withheld)

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