The Meaning of Numbers 30:13 Explained

Numbers 30:13

KJV: Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

YLT: Every vow and every oath -- a bond to humble a soul -- her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it;

Darby: Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband can establish it, or her husband can annul it.

ASV: Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Every vow,  and every binding  oath  to afflict  the soul,  her husband  may establish  it, or her husband  may make it void. 

What does Numbers 30:13 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 30:13 mean?

Every vow and every sworn agreement to afflict her soul her husband may confirm it or her husband may make it void
כָּל־ נֵ֛דֶר וְכָל־ שְׁבֻעַ֥ת אִסָּ֖ר לְעַנֹּ֣ת נָ֑פֶשׁ אִישָׁ֥הּ יְקִימֶ֖נּוּ וְאִישָׁ֥הּ יְפֵרֶֽנּוּ

כָּל־  Every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
נֵ֛דֶר  vow 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נֵדֶר  
Sense: vow, votive offering.
וְכָל־  and  every 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
שְׁבֻעַ֥ת  sworn 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שָׁבַע  
Sense: oath, curse.
אִסָּ֖ר  agreement 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִסָּר  
Sense: bond, binding obligation, obligation.
לְעַנֹּ֣ת  to  afflict 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: עָנָה 
Sense: (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with.
נָ֑פֶשׁ  her  soul 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
אִישָׁ֥הּ  her  husband 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יְקִימֶ֖נּוּ  may  confirm  it 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
וְאִישָׁ֥הּ  or  her  husband 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יְפֵרֶֽנּוּ  may  make  it  void 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּרַר 
Sense: to break, frustrate.