And the eldersוְ זִקְנֵיof thatהַהִואcityהָעִירshall bring downהוֹרִדוּthe heiferאֶת הָעֶגְלָהtoאֶלan ever-flowingאֵיתָןstream,נַחַלwhichאֲשֶׁרis notלֹאworkedיֵעָבֵד בּוֹorוְלֹאsown,יִזָּרֵעַand they shall break the neckוְעָרְפוּof the heiferאֶת הָעֶגְלָהthereשָׁםin the stream.בַּנָּחַל
Deuteronomy 21:4
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 21:4, word by word
- And the eldersזִקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- shall bring downהוֹרִדוּhoridu
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horidu” appears- the heiferעֶגְלָהegla
heifer
A young cow.
Where else “egla” appears- an ever-flowingאֵיתָןetan
ever-flowing
That always flows, like a river.
Where else “etan” appears- streamנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- workedיֵעָבֵדyeaved
work
To toil, till the land.
Where else “yeaved” appears- sownיִזָּרֵעַyizarea
sow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “yizarea” appears- and they shall break the neckעָרְפוּarfu
break the neck
Break the neck of an animal.
Where else “arfu” appears
The context
3And 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for YHWH your Elohim has chosen them to minister to him and to bless in the name of YHWH, and by their word every dispute and every blow shall be settled.