Heifer

Hebrew: 'Eglah, (Deuteronomy 21:4, 6; Jeremiah 46:20)

• Untrained to the yoke (Hos. 10:11); giving milk (Isaiah 7:21); ploughing (Judges 14:18); treading out grain (Jeremiah 50:11); unsubdued to the yoke an emblem of Judah (Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:34)

Hebrew: parah (Genesis 41:2; Numbers 19:2)

• Bearing the yoke (Hos. 4:16); “heifers of Bashan” (Amos 4:1), metaphorical for the voluptuous females of Samaria. The ordinance of sacrifice of the “red heifer” described in Numbers 19:1-10; compare Hebrews 9:13.