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title: שֶׁסַע — cleft · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁסַע (8157), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: cleft. BDB 1906: cleft. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁסַע

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«שֶׁסַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cleft** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 8157 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫סַע

### Glosses

a.cleft (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cleft [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8157/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

cleft [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8157/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] cleft;—as acc. cogn. c. \[שָׁסַע\], q.v.; abs. Lv 11:26, cstr. v 3, 7 Dt 14:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׁסַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8157/), 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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[Deuteronomy 14:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.6/)

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וְכָל־בְּהֵמָ֞ה מַפְרֶ֣סֶת פַּרְסָ֗ה וְשֹׁסַ֤עַת שֶׁ֙סַע֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י פְרָס֔וֹת מַעֲלַ֥ת גֵּרָ֖ה בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה אֹתָ֖הּ תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃

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

*JPS 1917:* And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof wholly cloven in two, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye may eat.

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