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And ifוְאִםshe does belongהָיוֹ תִהְיֶהto a husbandלְאִישׁwhile her vowsוּנְדָרֶיהָare on her,עָלֶיהָorאוֹthe rash utteranceמִבְטָאof her lipsשְׂפָתֶיהָthatאֲשֶׁרshe has boundאָסְרָהon her soul,עַל נַפְשָׁהּ
Numbers 30:6
Study it in the app“And if she does belong to a husband while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips that she has bound on her soul,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 30:6, word by word
- she does belongהָיוֹhayo
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayo” appears- to a husbandאִישׁish
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “ish” appears- while her vowsנְדָרֶיnedare
vow
Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.
Where else “nedare” appears- the rash utteranceמִבְטָאmivta
rash utterance
Rash utterance: what is promised lightly, without thinking.
Where else “mivta” appears- of her lipsשְׂפָתֶיsefate
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefate” 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
The context
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.
6 · This verse (above)
7and her husband hears of it and on the day he hears it keeps silent toward her, then her vows shall stand, and her obligations that she has bound on her soul shall stand.