What Does Numbers 19:18 Mean?

“shall take”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

“hyssop”

hyssop

“and dip”

to dip, to immerse

“it in the water”

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

“person”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“And a clean”

pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)

“and sprinkle”

to spirt, i.e., besprinkle (especially in expiation)

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

“it upon the tent”

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

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

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

“and upon all the vessels”

something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)

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

“and upon the persons”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

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

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

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

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

“that were there and upon him that touched”

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

“a bone”

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

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

“or one slain”

pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted

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

“or one dead”

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 grave”

a sepulcher