Numbers 30:4

“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.”

Numbers 30:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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