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Lexicon :: Strong's H8156 - šāsaʿ

Aa
שָׁסַע
Transliteration
šāsaʿ
Pronunciation
shaw-sah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2427

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁסַע shâçaʻ, shaw-sah'; a primitive root; to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraid:—cleave, (be) cloven (footed), rend, stay.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H8156 in the following manner: clovenfooted (3x), cleave (2x), rent (2x), cleft (1x), stayed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H8156 in the following manner: clovenfooted (3x), cleave (2x), rent (2x), cleft (1x), stayed (1x).

  1. to divide, cleave, part, split

    1. (Qal) cleaving, cleft (participle)

    2. (Piel) to tear in two, cleave in two

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁסַע shâçaʻ, shaw-sah'; a primitive root; to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraid:—cleave, (be) cloven (footed), rend, stay.
STRONGS H8156: Abbreviations
† [שָׁסַע] verb divide, cleave (Late Hebrew Pi. tear spart; TargumJer Pa. Lamentations 3:11 tear in pieces (for HCT פִּשֵּׁחַ)); —
Qal Participle (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שֶׁ֫סַע): masculine singular וְשֹׁסַע שֶׁסַע מַּרְסָה Leviticus 11:7 (P; on שֹׁ׳ compare LagBN 84) cleaving the cleft of the hoof, i.e. having cloven hoof, so feminine singular שֹׁסַ֫עַת Leviticus 11:3, compare Deuteronomy 14:6; שֶׁסַע אֵינֶנָּה שֹׁסַ֫עַת Leviticus 11:26 (P); passive הַמַּרְסָה הַשְּׁסוּעָה Deuteronomy 14:7.
Pi. tear in two, a lion, kid, Imperfect, Infinitive construct וַיְשַׁסְּעֵהוּ כְּשַׁסַּע הַגְּדִי Judges 14:6; a bird (by, or at, its wings), Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְשִׁסַּע אֹתוֺ Leviticus 1:17 (P); imperfect 3rd person masculine singular (אֶתאֲֿנָשָׁיו בַּדְּבָרִים) וַיְשַׁסַּע 1 Samuel 24:8 gives too violent a meaning; probably corrupt for word = restrain, or the like Dr HPS, compare Bu Now (hesitantly).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

1:17; 11:3; 11:7; 11:26

Deuteronomy

14:6; 14:7

Judges

14:6

1 Samuel

24:8

Lamentations

3:11

H8156

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8156 matches the Hebrew שָׁסַע (šāsaʿ),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:17 - ‘Then he shall tear H8156 it by its wings H3671, but shall not sever H914 it. And the priest H3548 shall offer H6999 it up H6999 in H6999 smoke H6999 on the altar H4196, on the wood H6086 which H834 is on the fire H784; it is a burnt H5930 offering H5930, an offering H801 by H801 fire H801 of a soothing H5207 aroma H7381 to the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:3 - ‘Whatever H3605 has H6536 a divided H6536 hoof H6541, showing H8156 split H8156 hoofs H6541, and chews H5927 the cud H1625, among the animals H929, that you may eat H398.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:7 - And the pig H2386, for though it has H6536 a divided H6536 hoof H6541, and so it shows H8156 a H8156 split H8156 hoof H6541, it does not chew H1641 cud H1625; it is unclean H2931 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:26 - ‘As for all H3605 the animals H929 which H834 have H6536 a divided H6536 hoof H6541 but do not show H8156 a H8156 split H8156 hoof, or do not chew H5927 the cud H1625, they are unclean H2931 to you; whoever H3605 touches H5060 them becomes H2930 unclean H2930.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:6 - “And any H3605 animal H929 that has H6536 a divided H6536 hoof H6541 and has H8156 its hoofs H6541 split H8156 in two H8147, and [fn]chews H5927 the cud H1625, among the animals H929, [fn]that animal you may eat H398.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:7 - “However H389, you are not to eat H398 these H2088 among H4480 the ones that [fn]chew H5927 the cud H1625, or among H4480 those that have H6536 the hoof H6541 divided H6536 in [fn]two H8156: the camel H1581, the [fn]rabbit H768, and the rock H8227 hyrax H8227, for though they [fn]chew H5927 the cud H1625, they do not have H6536 a divided H6536 hoof H6541; they are unclean H2931 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:6 - And the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 rushed H6743 upon H5921 him, so that he tore H8156 it apart H8156 as one tears H8156 apart H8156 a young H1423 goat H1423, though he had H369 nothing H3972 H369 in his hand H3027; but he did not tell H5046 his father H1 or mother H517 what H834 he had done H6213.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:7 - And David H1732 rebuked H8156 his men H376 with these words H1697 and did not allow H5414 them to rise H6965 up H6965 against H413 Saul H7586. And Saul H7586 got H6965 up H6965, [fn]left H4480 the cave H4631, and went H1980 on his way H1870.
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