and her fatherוְ אָבִיהָhearsשָׁמַעher vowנִדְרָהּand her obligationוֶאֱסָרָהּthatאֲשֶׁרshe has boundאָסְרָהon her soul,עַל נַפְשָׁהּand her fatherוְ אָבִיהָkeeps silentהֶחֱרִישׁtoward her,לָהּthen allוְ כָּלher vowsנְדָרֶיהָshall stand,קָמוּand everyוְכָלobligationאִסָּרthatאֲשֶׁרshe has boundאָסְרָהon her soulעַל נַפְשָׁהּshall stand.יָקוּם
Numbers 30:4
Study it in the app“and her father hears her vow and her obligation that she has bound on her soul, and her father keeps silent toward her, then all her vows shall stand, and every obligation that she has bound on her soul shall stand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 30:4, word by word
- and her fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- hearsשָׁמַעshama
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appears- her vowנִדְרָnidra
vow
Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.
Where else “nidra” appears- and her obligationאֱסָרָesara
obligation
Obligation: a promise by which a person binds himself, above all to keep from something.
Where else “esara” appears- she has 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- keeps silentהֶחֱרִישׁhecherish
be silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “hecherish” appears- shall standקָמוּkamu
stand firm
To hold firm, be fulfilled.
Where else “kamu” appears
The context
3And when a woman vows a vow to YHWH and binds an obligation on herself in the house of her father in her youth,
4 · This verse (above)
5But if her father forbids her on the day he hears of it, none of her vows or her obligations that she has bound on her soul shall stand; and YHWH will forgive her, because her father forbade her.