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שָׁסַע

shasa · split, tear

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8156 · appears 9 times in the Bible

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What it means

shasa (שָׁסַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “split, tear”.

Apart without separating completely. Of animals, have a split hoof.

How to say it

sha·sa

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To cleave in two; the divided hoof.
  2. To hold someone back with words.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • split ×3
  • He shall tear ×1
  • as one tears apart ×1
  • cleft ×1
  • he tore it apart ×1
  • parted ×1
  • restrained ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Leviticus 1:17

    He shall tear it open by its wings —he shall not divide it— and the priest shall offer up in smoke it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to YHWH.

  • Leviticus 11:3

    Any beast that has a divided hoof and is split with a cleft in its hooves, that chews the cud, among the beasts, it you may eat.

  • Leviticus 11:7

    And the pig, for it divides the hoof and is split with a cleft in the hoof, but it does not chew the cud; it shall be unclean for you.

  • Leviticus 11:26

    Every beast that divides the hoof but is not split with a cleft, and does not chew the cud, they shall be unclean for you; whoever touches them will be unclean.

  • Deuteronomy 14:6

    And every beast that has a parted hoof, split into two hoofs, and chews the cud among the beasts, it you may eat.

  • Deuteronomy 14:7

    But these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud or of those that have the hoof parted in two: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof; they are unclean for you.

  • Judges 14:6

    And the spirit of YHWH came powerfully upon him, and he tore it apart as one tears apart a young goat, and he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.

  • 1 Samuel 24:7

    David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise against Saul. And Saul rose from the cave and went on his way.

And 1 more times.