H8157: שֶׁסַע
sheçaʻ · pronounced sheh'-sah · “cleft”
Definition
a fissure
KJV translates it as: cleft, clovenfooted.
Word origin: from H8156 (שָׁסַע);
Extended definition
cleft, cloven, split
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8157 is translated
- a cleft of ×2
- a cleft ×1
- of a cleft of ×1
Bible verses with H8157 (sheçaʻ)
Sheçaʻ appears in 4 verses.
- Leviticus 11:3
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
- Leviticus 11:7
And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
- Leviticus 11:26
The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
- Deuteronomy 14:6
And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.