Deuteronomy 21:3
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"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;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
קָרוֹב
qârôwb
near (in place, kindred or time)
חָלָל
châlâl
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
עֶגְלָה
ʻeglâh
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
עֹל
ʻôl
a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
Key Terms in This Verse
עֶגְלָה ʻeglâh
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
Study H5697 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never c...
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my Go...
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
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