na.dar denotes making a stated vow, often pledging an action or offering in response to God.

The attested use concerns making a stated vow or pledge, commonly directed to the LORD and sometimes framed around a requested outcome, an offering, or a promised action. The same use appears in instructions concerning vows and in narratives where a person declares such a commitment.

1. Making a stated vow or pledge · dominant

   In Genesis 28:20, the sequential imperfect introduces Jacob's conditional statement about God's presence, provision, and protection. In 1 Samuel 1:11 and Numbers 21:2, the form introduces commitments contingent on a requested outcome; the APB renders the clauses "She vowed a vow" and "Israel made a vow to the LORD." Deuteronomy 23:23 places the act alongside keeping what has gone out from the lips, while Ecclesiastes 5:4 pairs making a vow with fulfilling it.

   Genesis 28:201 Samuel 1:11Numbers 21:2Deuteronomy 23:23Ecclesiastes 5:4Jeremiah 44:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses "vowed a vow," "made a vow," or "vows," and it also presents fulfillment of the stated commitment. Some supplied verses do not make the term's individual English rendering clear.