Deuteronomy 21:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“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:”

Deuteronomy 21:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 21:420 words

וְהוֹרִדוּwəhwōridûAnd descend

זִקְנֵיziqənêOld

הָעִירhāʿîrThe city

הַהִואhahiwʾThe he

אֶתʾet—

הָעֶגְלָהhāʿegəlāhThe calf

אֶלʾelNear

נַחַלnaḥalStream

אֵיתָןʾêtānPermanence

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לֹאlōʾNot

יֵעָבֵדyēʿāvēdWork

בּוֹbwōIn

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִזָּרֵעַyizārēʿaSow

וְעָרְפוּwəʿārəp̄ûAnd break the neck

שָׁםšāmThere

אֶתʾet—

הָעֶגְלָהhāʿegəlāhThe calf

בַּנָּחַלbanāḥalIn stream

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהוֹרִדוּwəhwōridûAnd descend

זִקְנֵיziqənêOld

הָעִירhāʿîrThe city

הַהִואhahiwʾThe he

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָעֶגְלָהhāʿegəlāhThe calf

אֶלʾelNear

נַחַלnaḥalStream

אֵיתָןʾêtānPermanence

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לֹאlōʾNot

יֵעָבֵדyēʿāvēdWork

בּוֹbwōIn

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִזָּרֵעַyizārēʿaSow

וְעָרְפוּwəʿārəp̄ûAnd break the neck

שָׁםšāmThere

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָעֶגְלָהhāʿegəlāhThe calf

בַּנָּחַלbanāḥalIn stream

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