Numbers 30:8

“But if on the day her husband hears of it he forbids her, then he annuls her vow that is on her and the rash utterance of her lips that she has bound on her soul; and YHWH will forgive her.”

Numbers 30:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 30:8, word by word

on the dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
her husbandאִישָׁisha

husband

Literally "her man": the one married to her.

Where else “isha” appears
hears of itשְׁמֹעַshemoa

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

Where else “shemoa” appears
he forbidsיָנִיאyani

forbid, discourage

Forbid, oppose: keep something from being done; also discourage.

Where else “yani” appears
then he annulsהֵפֵרhefer

annul

To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.

Where else “hefer” appears
her vowנִדְרָnidra

vow

Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.

Where else “nidra” 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
and 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
will forgiveיִסְלַחyislach

forgive

Forgive, pardon. In the Bible this verb has only God as its subject.

Where else “yislach” appears

The context

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.

8 · This verse (above)

9But the vow of a widow or a divorced woman, everything that she has bound on her soul, shall stand against her.

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