Deuteronomy 21:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.

Young's Literal Translation
then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which [are] round about the slain one,

King James Bible
Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which [are] round about him that is slain:

Hebrew
your elders
זְקֵנֶ֖יךָ (zə·qê·ne·ḵā)
Adjective - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2205: Old

and judges
וְשֹׁפְטֶ֑יךָ (wə·šō·p̄ə·ṭe·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

must come out
וְיָצְא֥וּ (wə·yā·ṣə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

and measure the distance
וּמָדְדוּ֙ (ū·mā·ḏə·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4058: To stretch, to measure, to be extended

from the victim
הֶחָלָֽל׃ (he·ḥā·lāl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the neighboring
סְבִיבֹ֥ת (sə·ḇî·ḇōṯ)
Adverb
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

cities.
הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (he·‘ā·rîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5892: Excitement

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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