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But the vowוְנֵדֶרof a widowאַלְמָנָהor a divorced woman,וּגְרוּשָׁהeverythingכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרshe has boundאָסְרָהon her soul,עַל נַפְשָׁהּshall standיָקוּםagainst her.עָלֶיהָ
Numbers 30:9
Study it in the app“But the vow of a widow or a divorced woman, everything that she has bound on her soul, shall stand against her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 30:9, word by word
- But the vowנֵדֶרneder
vow
Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.
Where else “neder” appears- of a widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears- or a divorced womanגְרוּשָׁהgerusha
divorced woman
A woman whose husband sent her away.
Where else “gerusha” 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- shall standיָקוּםyakum
stand firm
To hold firm, be fulfilled.
Where else “yakum” appears
The context
8But 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10And if in the house of her husband she vowed or bound an obligation on her soul with an oath,