וְעַתָּ֣ה אֲדֹנִ֗י חַי־יְהוָ֤ה וְחֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר מְנָעֲךָ֤ יְהוָה֙ מִבּ֣וֹא בְדָמִ֔ים וְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ יָדְךָ֖ לָ֑ךְ וְעַתָּ֗ה יִֽהְי֤וּ כְנָבָל֙ אֹיְבֶ֔יךָ וְהַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥ים אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֖י רָעָֽה׃
E ora, mio signore, com'è vero che vive il Signore e che vive la tua anima, poiché il Signore ti ha trattenuto dallo spargere sangue e dal farti giustizia con la tua stessa mano, ebbene, siano come Nabal i tuoi nemici e coloro che cercano il male contro il mio signore.
Sha'arei Orah
Let us now clarify this. Know that whosoever makes an oath, does so in relation to the seven Sefirot that are the matter of the seven days of the world, all of which depends on HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality as the Living God-El Chai-א"ל חי, which is the Shabbat and is the seventh. Thus, every oath depends on the seventh. This is the matter of,160Exodus 31:17 “And on the seventh day He ceased and His soul was refreshed-VaYinafash-וינפש.” Therefore, whosoever makes an oath, swears by the soul-Nefesh-נפש and swears by the life-Chayim-חיים, when he swears in the name of HaShem-יהו"ה. This is the matter of,161Samuel I 25:26 “As HaShem Lives-Chai HaShem-חי יהו"ה and by the life of your soul-V’Chei Nafshecha-וחי נפשך.” This is because “the life of your soul-Chei Nafshecha-חי נפשך” is the matter of HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality as the Living God-El Chai-א"ל חי, from whom all life and all souls that arise from the land of His quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ"י are drawn, as it states,162Genesis 1:24 “Let the earth bring forth a living soul-Nefesh Chayah-נפש חיה to its kind.” This is the matter of the seventh day of Shabbat, from which the life of the soul is drawn, as it states,163Exodus 31:17 “And on the seventh day He ceased and His soul was refreshed-VaYinafash-וינפש.” We thus see that the life of the soul-Chayey HaNefesh-חיי הנפש depends on the seventh-Shevi’ee-שביעי, which is the matter of the oath-Shevuah-שבועה.