heifer
pa.rah denotes female cattle, appearing in ordinary herds, ritual requirements, and figurative comparisons.
The term most often denotes female cattle in herds, dreams, breeding, travel, and the prescribed animal of Numbers 19. It also supplies figurative comparisons or forms of address for Israel and for those who oppress the poor.
Senses in use
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Female cattle in herd, ritual, and domestic settings · dominant
Plural forms identify the animals coming from the Nile and grazing in Genesis 41:2, while Genesis 41:4 describes the thin animals eating the fat ones. Singular forms name the animal specified as red, unblemished, and not previously yoked in Numbers 19:2; in Numbers 19:5 the APB renders the clause about burning that animal. In 1 Samuel 6:7 the APB renders two nursing animals being bound to a cart, and Job 21:10 renders the animal calving without miscarriage.
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Figurative comparison or address · occasional
In Hosea 4:16, the singular noun occurs in the comparison describing Israel as rebellious. In Amos 4:1, the plural construct form addresses those on Mount Samaria who oppress the poor and crush the needy; the APB renders the address with cattle imagery.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “heifer,” including the nursing animals in 1 Samuel 6:7 and the prescribed animal in Numbers 19:2, but uses “cows” for the plural animals in Genesis 41:2. These English choices present the verse contexts rather than supplying a word-by-word alignment.