The Meaning of Numbers 30:4 Explained

Numbers 30:4

KJV: And 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.

YLT: and her father hath heard her vow, and her bond which she hath bound on her soul, and her father hath kept silent at her, then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established.

Darby: and her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall be silent at her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

ASV: and her father heareth her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And 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. 

What does Numbers 30:4 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 30:4 mean?

and hears her father - her vow and the agreement by which she has bound on her soul and holds his peace to her father then shall stand all her vows and every agreement with which she has bound she has bound herself shall stand
וְשָׁמַ֨ע אָבִ֜יהָ אֶת־ נִדְרָ֗הּ וֶֽאֱסָרָהּ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָֽסְרָ֣ה עַל־ נַפְשָׁ֔הּ וְהֶחֱרִ֥ישׁ לָ֖הּ אָבִ֑יהָ וְקָ֙מוּ֙ כָּל־ נְדָרֶ֔יהָ וְכָל־ אִסָּ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־ אָסְרָ֥ה עַל־ נַפְשָׁ֖הּ יָקֽוּם

וְשָׁמַ֨ע  and  hears 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
אָבִ֜יהָ  her  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
נִדְרָ֗הּ  her  vow 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: נֵדֶר  
Sense: vow, votive offering.
וֶֽאֱסָרָהּ֙  and  the  agreement 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אִסָּר  
Sense: bond, binding obligation, obligation.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  by  which 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
אָֽסְרָ֣ה  she  has  bound 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָסַר  
Sense: to tie, bind, imprison.
עַל־  on  her 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
נַפְשָׁ֔הּ  soul 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
וְהֶחֱרִ֥ישׁ  and  holds  his  peace 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָרַשׁ 
Sense: to cut in, plough, engrave, devise.
לָ֖הּ  to  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
אָבִ֑יהָ  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וְקָ֙מוּ֙  then  shall  stand 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
נְדָרֶ֔יהָ  her  vows 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: נֵדֶר  
Sense: vow, votive offering.
וְכָל־  and  every 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אִסָּ֛ר  agreement 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִסָּר  
Sense: bond, binding obligation, obligation.
אֲשֶׁר־  with  which 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
אָסְרָ֥ה  she  has  bound 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָסַר  
Sense: to tie, bind, imprison.
עַל־  she  has  bound 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
נַפְשָׁ֖הּ  herself 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
יָקֽוּם  shall  stand 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.

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