Study it in the app“For your servant made a vow while I was living at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If YHWH will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve YHWH.’””
Forכִּיyour servantעַבְדְּךָmadeנָדַרa vowנֵדֶרwhile I was livingבְּשִׁבְתִּיat Geshurבִגְשׁוּרin Aram,בַּאֲרָםsaying,לֵאמֹר‘IfאִםYHWHיְהוָהwill indeed bring me backיָשׁוֹב יְשִׁיבֵנִיto Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםthen I will serveוְעָבַדְתִּיYHWH.’”יְהוָה
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appearsvow
Make a vow: promise something to God.
Where else “nadar” appearsvow
Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.
Where else “neder” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shivti” appearsGeshur
Geshur: a small kingdom northeast of the Sea of Chinnereth.
Where else “geshur” appearsAram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsturn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “yashov” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avadti” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
7At the end of forty years Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow that I vowed to YHWH, in Hebron.
8 · This verse (above)
9The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he got up and went to Hebron.
