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“Speakדַּבֵּרto the sonsאֶל בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them:אֲלֵהֶםWhenכִּיa manאִישׁorאוֹa womanאִשָּׁהmakes a special vow,יַפְלִא לִנְדֹּרthe vowנֶדֶרof a Nazirite,נָזִירto separate himselfלְהַזִּירto YHWH,לַיהוָה
Numbers 6:2
Study it in the app““Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: When a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to YHWH,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 6:2, word by word
- “Speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- to the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- makes a special vowיַפְלִאyafli
special vow
To promise YHWH something out of the ordinary: a special vow.
Where else “yafli” appears- makes a special vowנְדֹּרnedor
vow
Make a vow: promise something to God.
Where else “nedor” appears- the vowנֶדֶרneder
vow
Vow: a solemn promise made to God; also the thing promised.
Where else “neder” appears- of a Naziriteנָזִירnazir
Nazirite
Someone set apart for God by a special vow.
Where else “nazir” appears- to separate himselfהַזִּירhazir
live as Nazirite
To live as a Nazirite.
Where else “hazir” appears- to 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
Translation note
“Nazirite” comes from a Hebrew verb meaning to separate oneself: it is the person who separates himself for God for a time, with three signs (not drinking wine, not cutting the hair, not touching the dead). Samson was one from his mother’s womb (Judges 13:5); of Samuel it is said that no razor would come on his head (1 Samuel 1:11), and of John, that he would not drink wine or strong drink (Luke 1:15). It is not the same as “Nazarene,” one who is from Nazareth.
The context
1And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3he shall separate himself from wine and intoxicating drink; he shall not drink vinegar of wine or vinegar of intoxicating drink, and he shall not drink any juice of grapes, nor eat grapes, fresh or dried.