What Does Deuteronomy 14:2 Mean?

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“For thou art an holy”

sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) god (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“and the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“thy God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“hath chosen”

properly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select

“and the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“thee to be a peculiar”

wealth (as closely shut up)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“that are upon”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“the earth”

soil (from its general redness)