פַּרְסָה
par.sah
hoof
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word פַּרְסָה (par.sah) is defined as "hoof." This term appears 21 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in ancient Hebrew culture and language. The fact that it is a noun suggests that it refers to a specific part of an animal's anatomy, likely a distinctive feature used for identification or description. Given its definition, it is likely that the word פַּרְסָה is used in contexts where animals are being described or referenced, such as in descriptions of livestock, hunting, or veterinary care. Its frequency of occurrence in the Bible suggests that it may be a common term in ancient Hebrew language and culture. The significance of the word פַּרְסָה lies in its ability to provide a precise and concrete description of an animal's physical characteristics. In a culture where animals played a crucial role in daily life, such a term would have been essential for communication and understanding.
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Occurrences in Scripture
21 total occurrences across the text
whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.
Jeremiah 47:3At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don’t look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
Ezekiel 26:11He will tread down all your streets with the hoofs of his horses. He will kill your people with the sword. The pillars of your strength will go down to the ground.
Ezekiel 32:13I will destroy also all its animals from beside many waters. The foot of man won’t trouble them any more, nor will the hoofs of animals trouble them.
Micah 4:13Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze; and you will beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain to Yahweh, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.
Zechariah 11:16For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the meat of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.
Exodus 10:26Our livestock also shall go with us. Not a hoof shall be left behind, for of it we must take to serve Yahweh our God; and we don’t know with what we must serve Yahweh, until we come there.”
Leviticus 11:3Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
Leviticus 11:3Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
Leviticus 11:4“ ‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:4“ ‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:5The hyrax, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:6The hare, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:7The pig, because it has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:7The pig, because it has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:26“ ‘Every animal which has a split hoof that isn’t completely divided, or doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.
Deuteronomy 14:6Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.
Deuteronomy 14:6Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.
Deuteronomy 14:7Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t part the hoof, they are unclean to you.
Deuteronomy 14:7Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t part the hoof, they are unclean to you.
Deuteronomy 14:8The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses.