ya.vam denotes taking a deceased brother's wife in order to continue the brother's line.

The attested use concerns a brother's required or requested action toward his deceased brother's wife: taking her as wife and acting for the continuation of his brother's line.

1. Taking a deceased brother's wife · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 25:5, the sequential perfect occurs in the instruction that the dead man's brother is to go in to the widow, take her as wife, and perform the stated family duty. Deuteronomy 25:7 uses the infinitive construct for the action the man refuses, while Genesis 38:8 gives the imperative to Onan in the context of going in to his brother's wife and raising up seed for his brother.

   Deuteronomy 25:5Deuteronomy 25:7Genesis 38:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the action as “perform the duty of a husband's brother” in Deuteronomy 25:5, “marry me” in Deuteronomy 25:7, and “perform the duty of a brother-in-law” in Genesis 38:8. These phrases show the clauses' presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.