The Meaning of Numbers 30:11 Explained

Numbers 30:11

KJV: And 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.

YLT: and her husband hath heard, and hath kept silent at her -- he hath not disallowed her -- then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established.

Darby: and her husband have heard it, and been silent at her, and hath not prohibited her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

ASV: and 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And 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. 

What does Numbers 30:11 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 30:11 mean?

and heard [it] her husband and made no response to her not [and] did overrule her then shall stand all her vows and every agreement by which she bound on her soul shall stand
וְשָׁמַ֤ע אִישָׁהּ֙ וְהֶחֱרִ֣שׁ לָ֔הּ לֹ֥א הֵנִ֖יא אֹתָ֑הּ וְקָ֙מוּ֙ כָּל־ נְדָרֶ֔יהָ וְכָל־ אִסָּ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־ אָסְרָ֥ה עַל־ נַפְשָׁ֖הּ יָקֽוּם

וְשָׁמַ֤ע  and  heard  [it] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
אִישָׁהּ֙  her  husband 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וְהֶחֱרִ֣שׁ  and  made  no  response 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָרַשׁ 
Sense: to cut in, plough, engrave, devise.
לָ֔הּ  to  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
הֵנִ֖יא  [and]  did  overrule 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נוּא  
Sense: to hinder, hold back, forbid, disallow, restrain, frustrate.
אֹתָ֑הּ  her 
Parse: Direct object marker, third person feminine singular
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
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־  by  which 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
אָסְרָ֥ה  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.
נַפְשָׁ֖הּ  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.
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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