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title: פַּרְסָה — hoof · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּרְסָה (6541), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: hoof. BDB 1906: n.f. hoof Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּרְסָה

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«פַּרְסָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hoof** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 21 times · **Key:** 6541 · **BDB:** פַּרְסָה

### Glosses

a.hoof (10); hooves (4); hoof (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פַּרְסָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6541/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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