NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And the elderszaqen (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 bring down yarad (yaw-rad') to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) the heifer `eglah (eg-law') a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer) -- calf, cow, heifer. unto a rough 'eythan (ay-thawn') from an unused root (meaning to continue); permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain -- hard, mighty, rough, strength, strong. valley nachal (nakh'-al) a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) -- brook, flood, river, stream, valley. which is neither eared `abad (aw-bad') to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc. nor sown zara` (zaw-rah') to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify -- bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield. and shall strike off `araph (aw-raf') that is beheaded, break down, break (cut off, strike off) neck. the heifer's `eglah (eg-law') a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer) -- calf, cow, heifer. neck `araph (aw-raf') that is beheaded, break down, break (cut off, strike off) neck. there in the valley nachal (nakh'-al) a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) -- brook, flood, river, stream, valley. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which has not been plowed or sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley. King James Bible And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley: Holman Christian Standard Bible The elders of that city will bring the cow down to a continually flowing stream, to a place not tilled or sown, and they will break its neck there by the stream. International Standard Version and are to lead the heifer to a flowing stream in a valley that has never been tilled or planted. They are to break the heifer's neck there. NET Bible and bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water, to a valley that is neither plowed nor sown. There at the wadi they are to break the heifer's neck. GOD'S WORD® Translation The leaders of that city will bring the heifer down to a river, to a location where the land hasn't been plowed or planted. At the river they must break the heifer's neck. King James 2000 Bible And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a valley with flowing water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley: Links Deuteronomy 21:4Deuteronomy 21:4 NIV Deuteronomy 21:4 NLT Deuteronomy 21:4 ESV Deuteronomy 21:4 NASB Deuteronomy 21:4 KJV |