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Deuteronomy 21:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;


Deuteronomy 21:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 21:319 words
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
הַקְּרֹבָהhaqərōvāhThe near
אֶלʾelNear
הֶחָלָלheḥālālThe pierced
וְלָקְחוּwəlāqəḥûAnd take
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
עֶגְלַתʿegəlatCalf
בָּקָרbāqārBeeve
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
עֻבַּדʿubadWork
בָּהּbāhIn
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
מָשְׁכָהmāšəḵāhDraw
בְּעֹלbəʿōlIn yoke
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
הַקְּרֹבָהhaqərōvāhThe near
אֶלʾelNear
הֶחָלָלheḥālālThe pierced
וְלָקְחוּwəlāqəḥûAnd take
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
עֶגְלַתʿegəlatCalf
בָּקָרbāqārBeeve
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
עֻבַּדʿubadWork
בָּהּbāhIn
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
מָשְׁכָהmāšəḵāhDraw
בְּעֹלbəʿōlIn yoke

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