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# פַּרְסָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6541

**hoof** — used 21 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

hoof [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6541/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פַּרְסָה: n.f. hoof Hiph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6541/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. hoof (prob. orig. divided hoof; cf. NöZA i (1886), 417, later of any hoof (v. 2 infr.), even Aramaic of foot-sole of dove 𝔗Onk Gn 8:9, and of men (Je 47:3 +), cf. Nöl.c.);—פ׳ abs. Ex 10:26 +; pl. פְּרָס(וֹ)ת Dt 14:6; Lv 11:3; cstr. id. Is 5:28 +; sf. פַּרְסֹתַיִךְ Mi 4:13, פַּרְסֵיהֶן Zc 11:16;— of ruminants Ex 10:26 (E; meton. for animal itself), Mi 4:13 (fig. of Zion), Ez 32:13 Zc 11:16 (fig.); especially שֶׁסַע פ׳ (שְׁתֵּי) Dt 14:6 = Lv 11:3; Lv 11:7, and c. פָּרַס Hiph. (q.v.) v 3 + 10 times Lv 11; Dt 14. of horses (not divided) Is 5:28; Ez 26:11 (so 𝔗 𝔖), Je 47:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a hoof (10); hooves (4); hoof (2).

## In the verses

[Leviticus 11:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.3/#tree)

כֹּ֣ל ׀ מַפְרֶ֣סֶת פַּרְסָ֗ה וְשֹׁסַ֤עַת שֶׁ֙סַע֙ פְּרָסֹ֔ת מַעֲלַ֥ת גֵּרָ֖ה בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה אֹתָ֖הּ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* any \[one.which\].divides.in.two a.hoof and.\[which\] cleaves a.cleft of.hooves \[which\].brings.up (of).cud among the animal\[s\] it you.will.eat

*JPS 1917:* Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

[Leviticus 11:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.5/#tree)

וְאֶת־הַשָּׁפָ֗ן כִּֽי־מַעֲלֵ֤ה גֵרָה֙ ה֔וּא וּפַרְסָ֖ה לֹ֣א יַפְרִ֑יס טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.rock badger (dm) \[is\].bringing.up (of).cud it and a.hoof not it.divides.in.two \[is\].unclean it to you

*JPS 1917:* And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6541.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6541/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).