Heifer:
Heb. 'eglah, (Deu 21:4,6; Jer 46:20). Untrained to the yoke (Hsa 10:11); giving milk (Isa 7:21); ploughing (Jdg 14:18); treading out grain (Jer 50:11); unsubdued to the yoke an emblem of Judah (Isa 15:5; Jer 48:34).
Heb. parah (Gen 41:2; Num 19:2). Bearing the yoke (Hsa 4:16); "heifers of Bashan" (Amo 4:1), metaphorical for the voluptuous females of Samaria. The ordinance of sacrifice of the "red heifer" described in Num 19:1-10; comp. Hbr 9:13.
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