The Meaning of Numbers 30:1 Explained

Numbers 30:1

KJV: And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.

YLT: And Moses speaketh unto the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, 'This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded:

Darby: And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is what Jehovah hath commanded.

ASV: And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Moses  spake  unto the heads  of the tribes  concerning the children  of Israel,  saying,  This [is] the thing  which the LORD  hath commanded. 

What does Numbers 30:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 30

1  Vows are not to be broken
3  The exceptions of a maid's vows
6  Of a wife's
9  Of a widow's or her that is divorced

What do the individual words in Numbers 30:1 mean?

And spoke Moses to the heads of the tribes concerning the sons of Israel saying this [is] the thing which has commanded Yahweh
וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־ רָאשֵׁ֣י הַמַּטּ֔וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָֽה

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר  And  spoke 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
מֹשֶׁה֙  Moses 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹשֶׁה  
Sense: the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus.
רָאשֵׁ֣י  the  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הַמַּטּ֔וֹת  of  the  tribes 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
לִבְנֵ֥י  concerning  the  sons 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
לֵאמֹ֑ר  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
זֶ֣ה  this  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
הַדָּבָ֔ר  the  thing 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
צִוָּ֥ה  has  commanded 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: צָוָה  
Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.
יְהוָֽה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.