Strong's Lexicon

H6541

H6541 — פַּרסָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewparcahnoun femOccurrences: 21TWOT: 1821b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6541
Word:פַּרסָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine of H6538
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:21
Transliteration:parcah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:par-saw'
Meaning:1. a claw or split hoof
KJV Renderings:claw, (cloven-)footed, hoof.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6793

פַּרְסָה21 noun feminine hoof (probably originally divided hoof; compare ZA 1 (1886), 417, later of any hoof (see 2 below), even Aramaic of foot-sole of dove ᵑ7 Onk Gen 8:9 , and of men (Jer 47:3 +), compare l.c.); — ׳ פ absolute Exod 10:26 +; plural פְּרָס(וֺ)ת Deut 14:6; Lev 11:3 construct id. Isa 5:23 +; suffix פַּרְסֹתַיִךְ Mic 4:13, פַּרְסֵיהֶן Zech 11:16

1. of ruminants Exod 10:26 ( E ; metonym for animal itself), Mic 4:13 (figurative of Zion), Ezek 32:13; Zech 11:16 (figurative); especially שֶׁסַע ׳ פ (שְׁתֵּי) Deut 14:6 = Lev 11:3; Lev 11:7, and with פָּרַס Hiph`il (q. v.) Lev 11:3 + 10 t. Lev 11; Deut 14.
2. of horses (not divided) Isa 5:28; Ezek 26:11 (so ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ), Jer 47:3.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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