Deuteronomy 21:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,

Young's Literal Translation
and all the elders of that city, who are near unto the slain one, do wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley,

King James Bible
And all the elders of that city, [that are] next unto the slain [man], shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

Hebrew
Then all
וְכֹ֗ל (wə·ḵōl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

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

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

nearest
הַקְּרֹבִ֖ים (haq·qə·rō·ḇîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7138: Near

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

shall wash
יִרְחֲצוּ֙ (yir·ḥă·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7364: To wash, wash off or away, bathe

their hands
יְדֵיהֶ֔ם (yə·ḏê·hem)
Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3027: A hand

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

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

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

whose neck has been broken,
הָעֲרוּפָ֥ה (hā·‘ă·rū·p̄āh)
Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 6202: To break the neck, to destroy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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