Commentary for Yevamot 223:13

איבעיא להו נטולה אני מן היהודים ליבם מהו מי מסקה אדעתה דמיית בעלה ונפלה קמי יבם או לא

it occurred to her that her husband may possibly die<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without issue. ');">³²</span> and that she might become subject to the levir<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Her vow was consequently meant to include the levir; and, since her husband can only invalidate his own share, she remains forbidden to the levir. ');">³³</span> or not?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Her vow may have applied to those men only who are otherwise allowed to marry her if her husband divorced her, her object being to convince him that she had no intention of marrying any other man even after she had left him. As the levir remains in any case forbidden to her after her husband had divorced her she could not have had him in mind. Hence he should be permitted to contract levirate marriage with her. ');">³⁴</span>

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