What Does Leviticus 15:19 Mean?

“And if a woman”

a woman

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

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

“and her issue”

a seminal or menstrual flux

“be blood”

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe

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

“have an issue”

to flow freely (as water), i.e., (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow

“in her flesh”

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man

“seven”

seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number

“days”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

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

“she shall be put apart”

properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest)

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

“and whosoever 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

“her 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