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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 25:7/אבן עזרא על דברים כ״ה:ז׳
איבמי. האמת כי היו״ד סימן הפעול:
1MY HUSBAND’S BROTHER. The yod of yevami (my husband’s brother) is in fact the sign of the object.50 is not the noun yavam (brother-in-law) plus the yod suffix meaning “my” but a combination of the verb yabem plus the yod suffix meaning me. According to this interpretation yevami means to act as a brother-in-law to me.