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Numbers 30:10

And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

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In the Hebrew text this line is Numbers 30:11.

וְאִםveimand oh thatאִםconjunction, conjunction — “and oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…בֵּ֥יתbeytfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…אִישָׁ֖הּishaha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “a certain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…נָדָ֑רָהnadarahvowנָדַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “vow”, a completed actionH5087to promise (pos., to do or give something to God)(make a) vow.אֽוֹvoalsoאוֹconjunction — “also”H176desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also ifalso, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.אָסְרָ֥הaserahbindאָסַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “bind”, a completed actionH631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battlebind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.אִסָּ֛רisarbindingאֱסָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “binding”, the ordinary formH632an obligation or vow (of abstinence)binding, bond.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…נַפְשָׁ֖הּnafshahcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…בִּשְׁבֻעָֽהbishvuahin oathשְׁבוּעָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in oath”, the ordinary formH7621properly, something sworn, i.e. an oathcurse, oath, [idiom] sworn.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(30-11) And if a woman vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

Young’s Literal Translation

'And if [in] the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul with an oath,

World English Bible

“If she vowed in her husband’s house or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

Darby Translation

And if she have vowed in her husband's house, or have bound her soul by an oath with a bond,

Douay-Rheims

The widow, and she that is divorced, shall fulfill whatsoever they vow.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(30-11) And if a woman vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And if her vow be made in the house of her husband, or the obligation upon her soul with an oath,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐὰν δὲ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς ἡ εὐχὴ αὐτῆς, ἢ ὁ ὁρισμὸς κατὰ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτῆς μεθʼ ὅρκου,