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title: נָדַר — vow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָדַר (5087), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 31 times: vow. BDB 1906: vb. vow. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָדַר

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«נָדַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **vow** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 31 times · **Key:** 5087 · **BDB:** נָדַר

### Glosses

you.will.vow (7); he.vowed (4); he.will.vow (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָדַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5087/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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:

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[Deuteronomy 23:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.23/)

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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.

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