...This is the definition in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000, at http://www.bartleby.com/61/57/H0125700.html. But I note that English translations tend to use "cow" (or "kine") rather than "heifer" at 1 Samuel 6:7, perhaps because "heifer" is considered inappropriate for a cow which has calved.
I think you are correct so far as the Hebrew is concerned, but you may be
mistaken in regard to the English. 1 Sam 6.7 reads
W:(aT.fH QfXW. Wa(a:GfLfH Xa:Df$fH )eXfT W.$:T."Y PfRoWT (fLoT )a:$eR
Lo)_(fLfH (a:L"YHeM (oL Wa)a:SaR:T.eM )eT_HaP.fRoWT B.f(a:GfLfH ***
WaHa:$"YBoTeM B.:N"YHeM M")aXa:R"YHeM HaB.fY:TfH ***
Thus it is clear that in Hebrew the PRH could have calved. My English
dictionary (which could stand to be updated) has the definition for
"heifer"
"A young cow, especially one that has not yet given birth to a calf."
By saying "especially" it would indicate that a young cow which had
calved was not totally excluded.
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