Numbers 30

Numbers · Chapter 30

Numbers 30:3

1And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.2If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.3If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth;4And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.5But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.6And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;7And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.8But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.9But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.10And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;11And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.12But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.13Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.14But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.15But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.16These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father’s house.

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3If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth;And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge,Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth,

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and a womanוְאִשָּׁ֕הve-'i-SHAHH0802G
woman

אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) : woman 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)

ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588A
for

כִּי (ki) 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

she will vowתִדֹּ֥רti-DORH5087
to vow

נָדַר (na.dar) 1) to vow, make a vow 1a) (Qal) to vow a vow

a vowנֶ֖דֶרNE-derH5088
vow

נֶ֫דֶר (ne.der) vow, votive offering

to Yahwehלַיהוָ֑הla-YAH-wehH3068G
Lord

אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) Lord - a title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

and she will bindוְאָסְרָ֥הve-'a-se-RAHH0631
to bind

אָסַר (a.sar) 1) to tie, bind, imprison 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tie, bind 1a2) to tie, harness 1a3) to bind (with cords) 1a4) to gird (rare and late) 1a5) to begin the battle, make the attack 1a6) of obligation of oath (figurative) 1b) (Niphal) to be imprisoned, bound 1c) (Pual) to be taken prisoner

an obligationאִסָּ֛ר'i-SARH0632
injunction

אִסָּר (e.sar) bond, binding obligation, obligation Aramaic equivalent: e.sar (אֱסָר "injunction" H0633)

in [the] house ofבְּבֵ֥יתbe-VEITH1004MNo entry
father herאָבִ֖יהָ'a-VI-haH0001G
father

אָב (av) 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers - of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.) Also means: av (אַב "father" H0002)

in youths herבִּנְעֻרֶֽיהָ׃bin-'u-REI-haH5271A
youth

נְעוּרִים (na.ur) youth, early life Also means: na.ur (נְעוּרוֹת "youth" H5271B)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.