--- title: נֶדֶר — vow · The Tanakh dictionary description: נֶדֶר (5088), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 60 times: vow. BDB 1906: n.m. vow. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5088.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504.md)‎ / נֶדֶר‎ # נֶדֶר «נֶדֶר» 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. **Used:** 60 times · **Key:** 5088 · **BDB:** נֶ֫דֶר ### Glosses vows (24); a.vow (18); vow (8) ### Meaning (OSHB) vow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5088/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. vow [tree →](https://md.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) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «נֶדֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5088/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 56:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.56.13/) 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.14/) 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. - ← previous: [נָדַר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5087.md) - next →: [נֹהַּ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5089.md) - ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504.md)