Revised Literal Translation

Numbers 30:4-9

4And her fatherH1hearוְשָׁמַ֨עve.sha.Ma'H8085her vowH5088,and her bondH632wherewith she hath boundH631her soulנַפְשָׁ֔הּnaf.ShahH5315,and her fatherH1shall hold his peaceוְהֶחֱרִ֥ישׁve.he.che.RishH2790at her: then all her vowsH5088shall standוְקָ֙מוּ֙ve.Ka.muH6965,and every bondH632wherewith she hath boundH631her soulנַפְשָׁ֖הּnaf.ShahH5315shall standיָקֽוּם׃ya.KumH6965.

5But if her fatherH1disallowהֵנִ֨יאhe.Ni'H5106her in the dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117that he hearethH8085;not any of her vowsH5088,or of her bondsH632wherewith she hath boundH631her soulH5315,shall standH6965:And Yhwhוַֽיהוָה֙va.Yah.wehH3068shall forgiveיִֽסְלַח־yis.lach-H5545her, because her fatherH1disallowedהֵנִ֥יאhe.Ni'H5106her.

6And if she had at all an husbandלְאִ֔ישׁle.'IshH376,when she vowedH5088,or utteredמִבְטָ֣אmiv.Ta'H4008ought out of her lipsשְׂפָתֶ֔יהָse.fa.Tei.haH8193,wherewith she boundH631her soulH5315;

7And her husbandH376heardוְשָׁמַ֥עve.sha.Ma'H8085it,and held his peaceוְהֶחֱרִ֣ישׁve.he.che.RishH2790at her in the dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117that he heardשָׁמְע֖וֹsha.me.'OH8085it:then her vowsH5088shall standוְקָ֣מוּve.Ka.muH6965,and her bondsוֶֽאֱסָרֶ֛הָve.'e.sa.Re.haH632wherewith she boundH631her soulH5315shall standיָקֻֽמוּ׃ya.Ku.muH6965.

8But if her husbandH376disallowedיָנִ֣יאya.Ni'H5106her on the dayH3117that he heardH8085it;then he shall make her vow which she vowedH5088,and that which she utteredמִבְטָ֣אmiv.Ta'H4008with her lipsשְׂפָתֶ֔יהָse.fa.Tei.haH8193,wherewith she boundH631her soulH5315,of none effectוְהֵפֵ֗רve.he.FerH6565:And Yhwhוַיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehH3068shall forgiveיִֽסְלַֽח־yis.lach-H5545her.

9But every vowH5088of a widowאַלְמָנָ֖ה'al.ma.NahH490,and of her that is divorcedוּגְרוּשָׁ֑הu.ge.ru.ShahH1644,wherewith they have boundH631their soulsH5315,shall standיָק֥וּםya.KumH6965against her.

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