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Deuteronomy 21:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:


Deuteronomy 21:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 21:614 words
וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
הַקְּרֹבִיםhaqərōvîmThe near
אֶלʾelNear
הֶחָלָלheḥālālThe pierced
יִרְחֲצוּyirəḥăṣûLave
אֶתʾet
יְדֵיהֶםyədêhemHand
עַלʿalAbove
הָעֶגְלָהhāʿegəlāhThe calf
הָעֲרוּפָהhāʿărûp̄āhThe break the neck
בַנָּחַלvanāḥalIn stream
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְכֹלwəḵōlAnd whole
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
הַקְּרֹבִיםhaqərōvîmThe near
אֶלʾelNear
הֶחָלָלheḥālālThe pierced
יִרְחֲצוּyirəḥăṣûLave
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יְדֵיהֶםyədêhemHand
עַלʿalAbove
הָעֶגְלָהhāʿegəlāhThe calf
הָעֲרוּפָהhāʿărûp̄āhThe break the neck
בַנָּחַלvanāḥalIn stream

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