What Does Leviticus 11:27 Mean?

“And whatsoever”

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

“goeth”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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

“upon his paws”

the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-

“And whatsoever”

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

“among all manner of beasts”

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin

“goeth”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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

“on all four”

four

“those are unclean”

foul in a religious sense

they (only used when emphatic)

“And whatsoever”

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

“unto you whoso toucheth”

properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive

“their carcase”

a flabby thing, i.e., a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol

“shall be unclean”

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“until the even”

dusk