NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And it shall be that the city`iyr (eer) or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. which is next qarowb (kaw-robe') near (in place, kindred or time) unto the slain man chalal (khaw-lawl') pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted -- kill, profane, slain (man), slew, (deadly) wounded. even the elders zaqen (zaw-kane') old -- aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator. of that city `iyr (eer) or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. shall take laqach (law-kakh') to take (in the widest variety of applications) an heifer baqar (baw-kawr') beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd -- beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox. `eglah (eg-law') a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer) -- calf, cow, heifer. which hath not been wrought with `abad (aw-bad') to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc. and which hath not drawn mashak (maw-shak') to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.) in the yoke `ol (ole) a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively -- yoke. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "It shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man, that is, the elders of that city, shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked and which has not pulled in a yoke; King James Bible 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; Holman Christian Standard Bible The elders of the city nearest to the victim are to get a young cow that has not been yoked or used for work. International Standard Version Then the elders of the city nearest the body are to take a heifer that hasn't been put to work or hasn't pulled a yoke NET Bible Then the elders of the city nearest to the corpse must take from the herd a heifer that has not been worked--that has never pulled with the yoke-- GOD'S WORD® Translation When it has been determined which city is nearest the body, the leaders from that city must choose a heifer that has never been put to work and never worn a yoke. King James 2000 Bible And it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer, which has never been worked, and which has not pulled in the yoke; Links Deuteronomy 21:3Deuteronomy 21:3 NIV Deuteronomy 21:3 NLT Deuteronomy 21:3 ESV Deuteronomy 21:3 NASB Deuteronomy 21:3 KJV |