a snare also; a man should first inquire before he vows, whether it is right for him to make a vow, and whether he is able to keep it; it is too late after the vow is made to inquire about the lawfulness or expedience of it, and how to find out ways and means to dissolve it and be clear of it; for it is better not to vow, than to vow and not pay, Ecclesiastes 5:4 ; when a thing is in a man's own hands, he may do what he will; but when he has devoted it to another use, it is no longer in his power; as the case of Ananias and Sapphira shows, Acts 5:1 . Two other interpretations of the first line have been proposed. The snare of a man devours, i.e., destroys the holy; but then ????? ??? must be an expression of an action, instead of an expression of an endurance, which is impossible. The same is true against the explanation: the snare of a man devours, i.e., consumes, eats up the holy, which as such is withdrawn from common use. Jerome with his devotare sanctos, and Luther with his das Heilige lestern [to calumniate the holy], give to ???? equals ???? a meaning which loses itself in the arbitrary. Accordingly, nothing is to be done with the meaning ??????????? (Aquila, the Venet.). But ??? will be the abbreviated fut. of ???? (from ?????), or ??? (???), Job 6:3 equals (Arab.) lagha?