Study it in the app“And the city that is nearest to the slain one, the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd that has not been worked and that has not pulled in a yoke.”
Andוְהָיָהthe cityהָעִירthat is nearestהַקְּרֹבָהtoאֶלthe slain one,הֶחָלָלthe eldersלָקְחוּ זִקְנֵיof thatהַהִואcityהָעִירshall takeוְa heiferעֶגְלַתof the herdבָּקָרthatאֲשֶׁרhas notלֹאbeen workedעֻבַּד בָּהּand thatאֲשֶׁרhas notלֹאpulledמָשְׁכָהin a yoke.בְּעֹל
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsnear
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “kerova” appearsslain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalal” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakchu” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appearsheifer
A young cow.
Where else “eglat” appearscattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appearswork
To toil, till the land.
Where else “ubad” appearsdraw
To pull something, drag it out.
Where else “mashcha” appearsyoke
Yoke: the wooden piece joining two oxen; figuratively, being subject to another.
Where else “ol” appears2then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure to the cities that are around the slain one.
3 · This verse (above)
4And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to an ever-flowing stream, which is not worked or sown, and they shall break the neck of the heifer there in the stream.
