Deuteronomy 21:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.

Young's Literal Translation
and the elders of that city have brought down the heifer unto a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded there the heifer 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:

Hebrew
bring
וְהוֹרִ֡דוּ (wə·hō·w·ri·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

the heifer
הָֽעֶגְלָה֙ (hā·‘eḡ·lāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5697: A, calf, one nearly grown

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

a valley
נַ֣חַל (na·ḥal)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

with running water
אֵיתָ֔ן (’ê·ṯān)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 386: Perennial, ever-flowing, permanence

that
אֲשֶׁ֛ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

has not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

been plowed
יֵעָבֵ֥ד (yê·‘ā·ḇêḏ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

or sown,
יִזָּרֵ֑עַ (yiz·zā·rê·a‘)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify

and break its
הָעֶגְלָ֖ה (hā·‘eḡ·lāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5697: A, calf, one nearly grown

neck
וְעָֽרְפוּ־ (wə·‘ā·rə·p̄ū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6202: To break the neck, to destroy

there
שָׁ֥ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

by the stream.
בַּנָּֽחַל׃ (ban·nā·ḥal)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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