Lexical Summary parsah: a hoof Original Word: פַרְסָהTransliteration: parsah Phonetic Spelling: (par-saw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a hoof Meaning: a claw, split hoof Strong's Concordance claw, cloven-footed, hoof Feminine of perec; a claw or split hoof -- claw, (cloven-)footed, hoof. see HEBREW perec Brown-Driver-Briggs H6541. parsah מַּרְסָה21 noun feminine hoof (probably originally divided hoof; compare NöZA 1 (1886), 417, later of any hoof (see 2 below), even Aramaic of foot-sole of dove ᵑ7Onk Genesis 8:9, and of men (Jeremiah 47:3 +), compare Nöl.c.); — ׳פ absolute Exodus 10:26 +; plural מְּרָס(וֺ)ת Deuteronomy 14:6; Leviticus 11:3; construct id. Isaiah 5:23 +; suffix מַּרְסֹתַיִךְ Micah 4:13, מַּרְסֵיהֶן Zechariah 11:16; — 1 of ruminants Exodus 10:26 (E; meton. for animal itself), Micah 4:13 (figurative of Zion), Ezekiel 32:13; Zechariah 11:16 (figurative); especially ׳פ שֶׁסַע (שְׁתֵּי) Deuteronomy 14:6 = Leviticus 11:3, 7, and with מָּרַס Hiph`il (q. v.) Leviticus 11:3 10t. Leviticus 11 Deuteronomy 14.. 2 of horses (not divided) Isaiah 5:28; Ezekiel 26:11 (so ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ), Jeremiah 47:3. I. פרע (√ of following; compare perhaps Arabic overtop, figurative excel; noble, eminent man; Sabean פרע be lofty OsZMG xix (1865), 178 f., פרע highest part SabDenkm90, figurative best, DHMib., 32 f. CISiv. No. 2. 1. 13 especially of offering DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 341 ff. (compare Arabic firstling offered to gods)). |
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