פַּרְסָה
parçâh · par-saw'
a claw or split hoof
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H6538 (פֶּרֶס);
a claw or split hoof
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: claw, (cloven-) footed, hoof.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › to support and uphold › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word of the head, the highest that works to support and uphold that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פַּרְסָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the hoof6 · 32%
- not the hoof4 · 21%
- with us; there shall not an hoof1 · 5%
- claws1 · 5%
- hoof1 · 5%
- hoofs1 · 5%
- of the hoofs1 · 5%
- with the hoofs1 · 5%
- them any more, nor the hoofs1 · 5%
- thy hoofs1 · 5%
- their claws1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.