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# נָדַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5087

**vow** — used 31 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

vow [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5087/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָדַר: vb. vow [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5087/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. vow (NH id.; Ph. נדר; ‖ form of נָזַר, q.v.);— Pf. 3 ms. נ׳ ψ 132:2 2 S 15:8; נָדָ֑ר Ju 11:39; 3 fs. נָדָ֑רָה Nu 30:11; 2 ms. נָדַרְתָּ Gn 31:13 + 5 times Pf.; Impf. 3 ms. יִדֹּר Nu 6:21 + 5 times יִדַּר Ju 11:30; 2 ms. תִּדֹּר Dt 12:17 + 4 times, תִּדּוֹר Ec 5:4 + 4 times; Imv. pl. נִדְרוּ ψ 76:12; Inf. לִנְדֹּר Nu 6:2 Dt 23:23; Pt. נֹדֵר Lv 27:8; Mal 1:14;—vow a vow נָדַר נֶדֶר Gn 28:20; 31:13 (both E), Nu 21:2; (J), Nu 6:2; 30:3, 4 (P), Ju 11:30; 1 S 1:11; 2 S 15:8, 7; Is 19:21; נֶדֶר om. Lv 27:8 Nu 30:11 (P); Dt 23:23; ψ 76:12 Ec 5:4(×2); c. לְ to whom Nu 6:21 Dt 23:24; Mal 1:14; ψ 132:2; Ec 5:3; נֶדֶר אֲשֶׁר נָדַר vow which he vowed Dt 12:11, 17; 23:22(×2) Ju 11:39; Je 44:25; Jon 1:16; cf. אֲשֶׁר נ׳ אֲשַׁלֵּ֑מָה Jon 2:10, אֵת אֲשֶׁר תִּדֹּר שַׁלֵּם Ec 5:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: you will vow (7); he vowed (4); he will vow (3).

## In the verses

[Psalms 132:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.132.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.132.2/#tree)

אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִ֭שְׁבַּע לַיהוָ֑ה נָ֝דַ֗ר לַאֲבִ֥יר יַעֲקֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* who he.swore.an.oath to Yahweh he.vowed to the.mighty.one of.Jacob

*JPS 1917:* How he swore unto the LORD, and vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob:

[Deuteronomy 23:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.23/#tree)

וְכִ֥י תֶחְדַּ֖ל לִנְדֹּ֑ר לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה בְךָ֖ חֵֽטְא׃

*Word for word:* and (dm) you.will.refrain to make.a.vow not it.will.be on you sin

*JPS 1917:* But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5087.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5087/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).