Whenכִּיa manאִישׁvowsיִדֹּרa vowנֶדֶרto YHWHלַיהוָהorאוֹswearsהִשָּׁבַעan oathשְׁבֻעָהto bindלֶאְסֹרan obligationאִסָּרon his soul,עַל נַפְשׁוֹhe shall notלֹאprofaneיַחֵלhis word;דְּבָרוֹaccording to allכְּכָלthat comes outהַיֹּצֵאof his mouthמִפִּיוhe shall do.יַעֲשֶׂה
Numbers 30:2
Study it in the app“When a man vows a vow to YHWH or swears an oath to bind an obligation on his soul, he shall not profane his word; according to all that comes out of his mouth he shall do.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 30:2, word by word
- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- vowsיִדֹּרyidor
vow
Make a vow: promise something to God.
Where else “yidor” appears- a vowנֶדֶרneder
vow
Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.
Where else “neder” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
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 “yhva” appears- swearsהִשָּׁבַעhishava
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “hishava” appears- an oathשְׁבֻעָהshevua
oath
Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.
Where else “shevua” appears- to bindאְסֹרesor
bind by vow
To commit oneself by a vow.
Where else “esor” appears- an obligationאִסָּרisar
obligation
Obligation: a promise by which a person binds himself, above all to keep from something.
Where else “isar” appears- on his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- profaneיַחֵלyachel
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “yachel” appears- his wordדְּבָרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- that comes outיֹּצֵאyotse
spring up
To spring up, be born, come from something.
Where else “yotse” appears- of his mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- he shall doיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears
Translation note
Jesus spoke about oaths in Matthew 5:33-37.
The context
1Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the thing that YHWH has commanded:
2 · This verse (above)
3And when a woman vows a vow to YHWH and binds an obligation on herself in the house of her father in her youth,