Deuteronomy 21:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,

Young's Literal Translation
and it hath been, the city which [is] near unto the slain one, even the elders of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, which hath not drawn in the 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;

Hebrew
Then
וְהָיָ֣ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the elders
זִקְנֵי֩ (ziq·nê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2205: Old

of the city
הָעִ֔יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

nearest
הַקְּרֹבָ֖ה (haq·qə·rō·ḇāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7138: Near

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

shall take
וְלָֽקְח֡וּ (wə·lā·qə·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3947: To take

a heifer
עֶגְלַ֣ת (‘eḡ·laṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5697: A, calf, one nearly grown

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

has never
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

been yoked
בְּעֹֽל׃ (bə·‘ōl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5923: A yoke

or used for work,
עֻבַּד֙ (‘ub·baḏ)
Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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