Go
Articles on

Leviticus 5

Lev. 5:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
4
Or if a soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
swear
shaba` (Hebrew #7650)
propr. to be complete, but used only as a denominative from 7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
KJV usage: adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for 7646), take an oath, X straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
Pronounce: shaw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
, pronouncing
bata' (Hebrew #981)
a primitive root; to babble; hence, to vociferate angrily
KJV usage: pronounce, speak (unadvisedly).
Pronounce: baw-taw'
Origin: or batah {baw-taw'}
with his lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
g to do evil
ra`a` (Hebrew #7489)
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Pronounce: raw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
, or to do good
yatab (Hebrew #3190)
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
KJV usage: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, + be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good((-ness)), be (make) merry, please (+ well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, X very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Pronounce: yaw-tab'
Origin: a primitive root
, whatsoever it be that a man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
shall pronounce
bata' (Hebrew #981)
a primitive root; to babble; hence, to vociferate angrily
KJV usage: pronounce, speak (unadvisedly).
Pronounce: baw-taw'
Origin: or batah {baw-taw'}
with an oath
shbuw`ah (Hebrew #7621)
properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
KJV usage: curse, oath, X sworn.
Pronounce: sheb-oo-aw'
Origin: feminine passive participle of 7650
, and it be hid
`alam (Hebrew #5956)
to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).
Pronounce: aw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
from him; when he knoweth
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
of it, then he shall be guilty
'asham (Hebrew #816)
a primitive root; to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish
KJV usage: X certainly, be(-come, made) desolate, destroy, X greatly, be(-come, found, hold) guilty, offend (acknowledge offence), trespass.
Pronounce: aw-sham'
Origin: or mashem {aw-shame'}
in one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
of these.
g
Judg. 11:31• 31then shall that which cometh forth from the door of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering. (Judg. 11:31)
;
1 Sam. 25:22• 22So and more also do God to the enemies of David, if I leave of all that is his by the morning light any male. (1 Sam. 25:22)
;
2 Kings 6:31• 31And he said, God do so, and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day! (2 Kings 6:31)
;
Mark 6:23• 23And he swore to her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask me I will give thee, to half of my kingdom. (Mark 6:23)
;
Acts 23:12• 12And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul. (Acts 23:12)

More on:

+
Man,
Oath,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

+
if a soul.This relates to rash oaths or vows, which a man was afterwards unable, or which it would have been sinful, to perform.to do evil.
Lev. 27:2‑34• 2Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When any one devoteth anything by a vow, the persons shall be for Jehovah according to thy valuation.
 3And thy valuation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old: thy valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
 4and if it be of a female, thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.
 5And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, thy valuation of the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
 6And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, thy valuation of the male shall be five shekels of silver; and for the female thy valuation shall be three shekels of silver.
 7And if it be from sixty years old and above, if it be a male, thy valuation shall be fifteen shekels; and for the female ten shekels.
 8And if he be poorer than thy valuation, he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him: according to his means that vowed shall the priest value him.
 9And if it be a beast whereof men bring an offering unto Jehovah, all that they give of such unto Jehovah shall be holy.
 10They shall not alter it nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
 11And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not bring an offering unto Jehovah, then he shall present the beast before the priest;
 12and the priest shall value it, judging between good and bad: according to the valuation of the priest, so shall it be.
 13And if they will in any wise redeem it, then they shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy valuation.
 14And when any one halloweth his house, that it may be holy to Jehovah, the priest shall value it, judging between good and bad: as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.
 15And if he that halloweth it will redeem his house, he shall add the fifth of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall be his.
 16And if a man hallow to Jehovah part of a field of his possession, thy valuation shall be according to what may be sown in it: the homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.
 17If he hallow his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy valuation shall it stand;
 18but if he hallow his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, until the year of the jubilee; and there shall be a reduction from thy valuation.
 19And if he that hallowed the field will in any wise redeem it, he shall add the fifth of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall be assured to him;
 20but if he do not redeem the field, or if he sell the field to another man, it cannot be redeemed any more;
 21and the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy to Jehovah, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
 22And if he hallow to Jehovah a field that he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession,
 23the priest shall reckon unto him the amount of thy valuation, unto the year of the jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation on that day, as holy to Jehovah.
 24In the year of the jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought--to him to whom the land belonged.
 25And all thy valuation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
 26Only the firstling which is offered as firstling to Jehovah among the cattle, that shall no man hallow, whether it be ox or sheep; it is Jehovah's.
 27But if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thy valuation, and shall add a fifth of it thereto; and if it be not redeemed, it shall be sold according to thy valuation.
 28Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man hath devoted to Jehovah of all that he hath, of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to Jehovah.
 29Nothing devoted, which shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed: it shall certainly be put to death.
 30And as to every tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, and of the fruit of the tree, it is Jehovah's: it is holy to Jehovah.
 31And if any one will at all redeem of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth thereof.
 32And as to every tithe of the herd, or of the flock, of whatever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Jehovah.
 33He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it; and if he change it at all, then both it and the exchange thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
 34These are the commandments which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel upon mount Sinai. (Lev. 27:2‑34)
;
Josh. 2:14• 14And the men said to her, Our lives shall pay for yours, if ye do not make this our business known; and it shall be when Jehovah shall give us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. (Josh. 2:14)
;
Josh. 9:15• 15And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the assembly swore unto them. (Josh. 9:15)
;
Judg. 9:19• 19--if ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you; (Judg. 9:19)
;
Judg. 11:31• 31then shall that which cometh forth from the door of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering. (Judg. 11:31)
;
Judg. 21:7,18• 7What shall we do for wives for them that remain? since we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters for wives.
 18But we cannot give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to the Benjaminites! (Judg. 21:7,18)
;
1 Sam. 1:11• 11And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man child, then I will give him to Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. (1 Sam. 1:11)
;
1 Sam. 14:24‑28• 24But the men of Israel were distressed that day. Now Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food until evening, and until I am avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food.
 25And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey on the ground.
 26And the people had come into the wood, and behold, the honey flowed; but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
 27But Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people; and he put forth the end of his staff which was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.
 28Then answered one of the people and said, Thy father strictly adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food this day; and the people are faint. (1 Sam. 14:24‑28)
;
1 Sam. 24:21‑22• 21Swear now therefore to me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.
 22And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; and David and his men went up to the stronghold. (1 Sam. 24:21‑22)
;
1 Sam. 25:22• 22So and more also do God to the enemies of David, if I leave of all that is his by the morning light any male. (1 Sam. 25:22)
;
2 Sam. 21:7• 7But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. (2 Sam. 21:7)
;
2 Kings 6:31• 31And he said, God do so, and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day! (2 Kings 6:31)
;
Psa. 132:2‑5• 2How he swore unto Jehovah, vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob:
 3I will not come into the tent of my house, I will not go up to the couch of my bed;
 4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eyelids,
 5Until I find out a place for Jehovah, habitations for the Mighty One of Jacob. … (Psa. 132:2‑5)
;
Eccl. 5:2‑6• 2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in the heavens, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.
 3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.
 4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
 5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
 6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands? (Eccl. 5:2‑6)
;
Ezek. 17:18‑19• 18He despised the oath, and broke the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, yet hath he done all these things: he shall not escape.
 19Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, verily, mine oath which he hath despised, and my covenant which he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his head. (Ezek. 17:18‑19)
;
Matt. 14:7,9• 7whereupon he promised with oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.
 9And the king was grieved; but on account of the oaths, and those lying at table with him, he commanded it to be given. (Matt. 14:7,9)
;
Mark 6:23• 23And he swore to her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask me I will give thee, to half of my kingdom. (Mark 6:23)
;
Acts 23:12• 12And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul. (Acts 23:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
4
Or if any one swear, talking rashly with the lips, to do evil or to do good, in everything that a man shall say rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him, when he knoweth it, then is he guiltye in one of these.

JND Translation Notes

+
e
See Note b, ver. 1.