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HebrewH6541Noun (Feminine)

פַּרְסָה

par.sah

16Occurrences
H6541Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a claw or split hoof

feminine of H6538 (פֶּרֶס);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. hoof 1a) of ruminants 1b) of horses (undivided hooves)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

פַּרְסָה appears 16 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Leviticus
6
Deuteronomy
3
Ezk
2
Exodus
1
Isaiah
1
Jeremiah
1
Micah
1
Zechariah
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 14:6BSB

You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.

Exodus 10:26BSB

Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”

Isaiah 5:28BSB

Their arrows are sharpened,and all their bows are strung.The hooves of their horses are like flint;their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

Leviticus 11:4BSB

But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following:The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:7BSB

And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.