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# hoof

«hoof» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the hard part of the foot of animals like horses, cows…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a hoof, hooves or hoofs)

### meaning for a pupil

A hoof is the hard part of the foot of animals like horses, cows, deer, goats, sheep and pigs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The hoof is the sign used to sort animals. Only those that part the hoof and chew the cud may be eaten. Interpretation: Tradition counts split hooves and chewing the cud as the two signs of a kosher land animal. Animals with only one sign, such as the camel and the pig, are forbidden. In the primary lessons: In science lessons, hooves are an example of animal adaptation: they are made of keratin, like our fingernails, and help animals run on hard ground. A farrier trims horses' hooves and fits horseshoes. Animals with hooves are called hoofed animals or ungulates. In stories, the sound of hooves tells that horses are coming. Phrases: the clatter of hooves, cloven hooves (split in two, like a cow's).

### examples

- And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/#x1)
- And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/#x2)
- Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat. (Torah LEV.11.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/#x3)
- And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. (Writings PSA.69.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/#x4)
- Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind; (Prophets ISA.5.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/#x5)
- I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside many waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. (Prophets EZK.32.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/#x6)
- The horse's hooves clattered on the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/#x7)
- A farrier puts metal shoes on a horse's hooves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/#x8)
- Cows and sheep have cloven hooves, split into two parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/#x9)
- Hooves are made of the same stuff as your fingernails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/#x10)
- We heard hooves coming up the lane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/#x11)
- The deer's hoof left a print in the mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/#x12)
- A Bull trampled him with his heavy hoofs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/#x13)

### note

Plural: hooves (more common) or hoofs. Like «leaf, leaves» and «wolf, wolves». Trimming a hoof does not hurt the animal, just like cutting nails.

### In the corpora

- [And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.259/)
- [And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.260/)
- [And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1159/)
- [Over a hundred years ago a horse called Clever Hans seemed to do sums by tapping his hoof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/2/)
- [A horse has 4 legs, and each leg ends in a hoof, so a horse has 4 hooves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/206-horseshoes/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hoof» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hoof/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.