What Does Numbers 19:16 Mean?

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

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

“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

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

“in the open”

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

“fields”

a field (as flat)

“one that is slain”

pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted

“with a sword”

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

“or a dead body”

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

“or a bone”

a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame

“of a man”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

“or a grave”

a sepulcher

“shall be unclean”

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

“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