עֶגְלָהʻeglâh

Meanings

Same root

• עֵגֶלʻêgel · H5695a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
• עֶגְלָהʻEglâh · H5698Eglah, a wife of David

Where it appears

Appears 14 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 15:9 The Lord told him, “Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
• Deuteronomy 21:3 When the nearest town has been determined, that town’s elders must select from the herd a heifer that has never been trained or yoked to a plow.
• Deuteronomy 21:4 They must lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and that has a stream running through it. There in the valley they must break the heifer’s neck.
• Deuteronomy 21:6 “The elders of the town must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken.
• Judges 14:18 So before sunset of the seventh day, the men of the town came to Samson with their answer: “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” Samson replied, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have solved my riddle!”
• 1 Samuel 16:2 But Samuel asked, “How can I do that? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me.” “Take a heifer with you,” the Lord replied, “and say that you have come to make a sacrifice to the Lord.