Heifer

Hebrew: 'Eglah, (Deut. 21:4, 6; Jer. 46:20)

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

Hebrew: parah (Gen. 41:2; Num. 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 Num. 19:1-10; compare Heb. 9:13.