The Meaning of Numbers 30:6 Explained

Numbers 30:6

KJV: And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

YLT: And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows are on her, or a wrongful utterance on her lips, which she hath bound on her soul,

Darby: And if she have a husband, when she hath her vow upon her or ought that hath passed her lips wherewith she hath bound her soul,

ASV: And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if she had at all an husband,  when she vowed,  or uttered  ought out of her lips,  wherewith she bound  her soul; 

What does Numbers 30:6 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 30:6 mean?

And if indeed she takes a husband and her vows while under or by a rash utterance from her lips by which she bound on her soul
וְאִם־ הָי֤וֹ תִֽהְיֶה֙ לְאִ֔ישׁ וּנְדָרֶ֖יהָ עָלֶ֑יהָ א֚וֹ מִבְטָ֣א שְׂפָתֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָסְרָ֖ה עַל־ נַפְשָֽׁהּ

וְאִם־  And  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
הָי֤וֹ  indeed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
תִֽהְיֶה֙  she  takes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לְאִ֔ישׁ  a  husband 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וּנְדָרֶ֖יהָ  and  her  vows 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: נֵדֶר  
Sense: vow, votive offering.
עָלֶ֑יהָ  while  under 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
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.
מִבְטָ֣א  by  a  rash  utterance  from 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִבְטָא  
Sense: rash utterance, hasty vow.
שְׂפָתֶ֔יהָ  her  lips 
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׂפָה  
Sense: lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  by  which 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
אָסְרָ֖ה  she  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.
נַפְשָֽׁהּ  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.

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