Deuteronomy 21:6
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"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:"
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)
כָּבַס
kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
עֶגְלָה
ʻeglâh
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
עָרַף
ʻâraph
to break the neck; hence (figuratively) to destroy
גַּיְא
gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
Key Terms in This Verse
עֶגְלָה ʻeglâh
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
Study H5697 →כָּבַס kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
Study H3526 →גַּיְא gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
Study H1516 →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 →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)
Study H376 →Cross References
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
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