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OET (OET-LV) And_they_will_bring_down the_elders_of the_city the_that DOM the_heifer to a_wadi ever-flowing which not it_is_tilled in/on/over_him/it and_not it_is_sown and_they_will_break_the_neck_of there DOM the_heifer in_wadi.
OET (OET-RV) and take it down into a valley that has a stream but the ground has never been ploughed or planted. They must break its neck there
אֵיתָ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־יֵעָבֵ֥ד בּ֖וֹ וְלֹ֣א יִזָּרֵ֑עַ
running (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_will_bring_down elders_of the=city the=that DOM the,heifer to/towards valley running which/who not plowed in/on/over=him/it and=not sown and,they_will_break_the_neck_of there DOM the,heifer in,wadi )
This describes a place that should be completely natural and untouched by human cultivation. This symbolizes innocence and purity in this ritual for dealing with an unresolved murder. You may want to explain this symbolism in a footnote.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־יֵעָבֵ֥ד בּ֖וֹ וְלֹ֣א יִזָּרֵ֑עַ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_will_bring_down elders_of the=city the=that DOM the,heifer to/towards valley running which/who not plowed in/on/over=him/it and=not sown and,they_will_break_the_neck_of there DOM the,heifer in,wadi )
The expression that has not been worked in, nor sown contains a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [where no one has ever plowed or planted seeds]
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
וְעָֽרְפוּ־שָׁ֥ם אֶת־הָעֶגְלָ֖ה בַּנָּֽחַל
and,they_will_break_the_neck_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_will_bring_down elders_of the=city the=that DOM the,heifer to/towards valley running which/who not plowed in/on/over=him/it and=not sown and,they_will_break_the_neck_of there DOM the,heifer in,wadi )
Breaking the neck of a heifer was a symbolic action that showed that the community was dealing with the guilt of an unsolved murder even though they were not responsible for it. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text of your translation or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [and there in the valley the elders shall break the neck of the heifer to show that they are free from guilt for the murder]
OET (OET-LV) And_they_will_bring_down the_elders_of the_city the_that DOM the_heifer to a_wadi ever-flowing which not it_is_tilled in/on/over_him/it and_not it_is_sown and_they_will_break_the_neck_of there DOM the_heifer in_wadi.
OET (OET-RV) and take it down into a valley that has a stream but the ground has never been ploughed or planted. They must break its neck there
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.