Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 4:1

נדר הוא אלא אם כמה שנדרת עשית יהא נדר ואם לא נדבה יהא

surely it is a vow?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As thou hast vowed implies that we are treating of a vow; while a freewill-offering applies to a nedabah (a freewill-offering) . When one vows, 'Behold, I undertake to bring a sacrifice, ' it is technically called a vow; if one declares, 'Behold, this animal be for a sacrifice,' it is a freewill-offering. In the first case, if he subsequently dedicates an animal in pursuance of his vow, and it is lost before it is sacrificed, he must bring another. In the latter case, should the animal be lost or become unfit, his obligation is at an end.');">¹</span>

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