Noun
A husband's brother.
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The tie between the childless widow and the levir exists automatically from the moment of widowhood. Thus a sexual relationship with anyone other than the levir would be adulterous, an offense punishable by the death penalty, according to Lev. 20:10 and Deut. 22:22.
Levirate marriage protects a levir's sexual property and a dead man's entitlement. The former, however, serves the latter.