Deuteronomy 21:4
bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
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ASV
and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.
KJV
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהוֹרִ֡דוּ | ve.ho.Ri.du | and they will bring down | H3381 → |
| זִקְנֵי֩ | zik.Nei | [the] elders of | H2205 → |
| הָעִ֨יר | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| הַהִ֤וא | ha.Hiv' | <the> that | H1931 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָֽעֶגְלָה֙ | ha.'eg.Lah | the heifer | H5697 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| נַ֣חַל | Na.chal | a wadi | H5158 → |
| אֵיתָ֔ן | 'ei.Tan | ever-flowing | H386 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֛ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יֵעָבֵ֥ד | ye.'a.Ved | it is tilled | H5647 → |
| בּ֖וֹ | bo | in <the> it | |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| יִזָּרֵ֑עַ | yi.za.Re.a' | it is sown | H2232 → |
| וְעָֽרְפוּ־ | ve.'a.re.fu- | and they will break [the] neck of | H6202 → |
| שָׁ֥ם | sham | there | H8033 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָעֶגְלָ֖ה | ha.'eg.Lah | the heifer | H5697 → |
| בַּנָּֽחַל׃ | ba.Na.chal | in the wadi | H5158 → |
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