and her husbandוְ אִישָׁהּheard of itשָׁמַעand kept silentוְהֶחֱרִשׁtoward herלָהּand did notלֹאforbidהֵנִיאher,אֹתָהּthen allוְ כָּלher vowsנְדָרֶיהָshall stand,קָמוּand everyוְכָלobligationאִסָּרthatאֲשֶׁרshe boundאָסְרָהon her soulעַל נַפְשָׁהּshall stand.יָקוּם
Numbers 30:11
Study it in the app“and her husband heard of it and kept silent toward her and did not forbid her, then all her vows shall stand, and every obligation that she bound on her soul shall stand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 30:11, word by word
- and her husbandאִישָׁisha
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “isha” appears- heard of itשָׁמַעshama
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appears- and kept silentהֶחֱרִשׁhecherish
be silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “hecherish” appears- forbidהֵנִיאheni
forbid, discourage
Forbid, oppose: keep something from being done; also discourage.
Where else “heni” appears- her vowsנְדָרֶיnedare
vow
Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.
Where else “nedare” appears- shall standקָמוּkamu
stand firm
To hold firm, be fulfilled.
Where else “kamu” appears- obligationאִסָּרisar
obligation
Obligation: a promise by which a person binds himself, above all to keep from something.
Where else “isar” appears- she boundאָסְרָהasra
bind by vow
To commit oneself by a vow.
Where else “asra” appears- on her soulנַפְשָׁnafsha
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsha” appears
The context
10And if in the house of her husband she vowed or bound an obligation on her soul with an oath,
11 · This verse (above)
12But if her husband does annul them on the day he hears of them, nothing that came out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning the obligation of her soul shall stand; her husband has annulled them, and YHWH will forgive her.