Numbers

Numbers 30:2

²If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.^a

Footnotes

a 30:2 Cited in Matthew 5:33|MAT 5:33

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
a man	אִישׁ֩	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
makes	יִדֹּ֨ר	yid·dōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5087 vow
a vow	נֶ֜דֶר	ne·ḏer	Noun - masculine singular	H5088 vow
to the LORD	לַֽיהוָ֗ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
or	אֽוֹ־	’ōw-	Conjunction	H176 or
swears	הִשָּׁ֤בַע	hiš·šā·ḇa‘	Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute	H7650 swear
an oath	שְׁבֻעָה֙	šə·ḇu·‘āh	Noun - feminine singular	H7621 oath, curse
to obligate	לֶאְסֹ֤ר	le’·sōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H631 tie, bind, imprison
himself	נַפְשׁ֔וֹ	nap̄·šōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
by a pledge	אִסָּר֙	’is·sār	Noun - masculine singular	H632 bond, binding obligation
he must not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
break	יַחֵ֖ל	ya·ḥêl	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2490 bore, pierce
his word	דְּבָר֑וֹ	də·ḇā·rōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1697 speech, word
he must do	יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃	ya·‘ă·śeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
everything	כְּכָל־	kə·ḵāl-	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
he has promised	הַיֹּצֵ֥א	hay·yō·ṣê	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3318 go or come out

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 50:14 · Psalm 116:14 · Job 22:27 · Ecclesiastes 5:4–5 · Psalm 66:13–14 · Acts 23:12 · Nahum 1:15 · Leviticus 5:4 · Psalm 116:18 · Psalm 22:25 · Acts 23:21 · Numbers 30:3–4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.