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# נֶדֶר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5088

**vow** — used 60 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/1504/5088/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נֶ֫דֶר: n.m. vow [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5088/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Nu 30:5 vow;—נֶ֫דֶר Gn 28:20 + 17 times; נֵ֫דֶר Nu 30:10 + 4 times; sf. נִדְרִי 2 S 15:7 + 5 times sfs.; pl. נְדָרִים Jon 1:16 Pr 20:25; sf. נְדָרַי ψ 22:26 + 3 times; נִדְרֵיהֶם Lv 22:18 + 24 times sfs.;—vow: of personal service to י׳ Gn 28:20; 31:13 (of Jacob at Bethel), 2 S 15:7, 8 (at Hebron); Lv 27:2 (P, any one), of Nazirite Nu 6:2, 5, 21; Hannah’s consecration of her son 1 S 1:11, cf. בר נדרי Pr 31:2. in gen. of any kind of votive offerings or promised gifts to י׳ Nu 30:3, 4, 5(×2), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 (P) Dt 12:11, 17, 26; 23:19, 22; Is 19:21; Na 2:1 ψ 22:26; 61:6, 9; 65:2; 116:14, 18; Pr 20:25; Jb 22:27; Ec 5:3. Jephthah’s daughter as עולה Ju 11:30, 39. the ban Nu 21:2 (E). ‖ עוֹלָה ψ 66:13; תּוֹדָה ψ 50:14; 56:13; שְׁלָמִים Nu 15:8; opp. נדבה Lv 7:16 Nu 15:3; 29:39 (P), Lv 22:18, 21, 23; 23:38 (H), Dt 12:6, 17; 1 S 1:21; Jon 1:16. once of idolatry Je 44:25 (נ׳ לְקַטֵּר לִמְלֶכֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם).—Vbs. used are: נָדַר q.v.; שִׁלֵּם pay 2 S 15:7 + 12 times; עשׂה Ju 11:39 Je 44:25; נשׂא Dt 12:26; קום Nu 30:5, 8, 12, 15; הֵקִים Je 44:25; אסּר Nu 30:14; פִּלֵּא Lv 22:21 Nu 15:3, 8 הפלא לנ׳ נ׳ Lv 27:2; Nu 6:2; הֵפֵר Nu 30:9. (See these vbs.)

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 56 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: vows (24); a vow (18); vow (8).

## In the verses

[Psalms 56:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.56.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.56.13/#tree)

עָלַ֣י אֱלֹהִ֣ים נְדָרֶ֑יךָ אֲשַׁלֵּ֖ם תּוֹדֹ֣ת לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].on me O.God vows your I.will.pay thank-offerings to you

*JPS 1917:* Thy vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank-offerings unto Thee.

[Proverbs 7:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.14/#tree)

זִבְחֵ֣י שְׁלָמִ֣ים עָלָ֑י הַ֝יּ֗וֹם שִׁלַּ֥מְתִּי נְדָרָֽי׃

*Word for word:* sacrifices of.peace.offerings \[are\].on me this day I.have.paid vows my

*JPS 1917:* 'Sacrifices of peace-offerings were due from me; this day have I paid my vows.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5088.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5088/): 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).