שָׁסַע
shâçaʻ · H8156 · Hebrew · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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to tear apart
Causative action by which humans use their hands to rip an object fully or partially apart
ExamplesLeviticus 1:17 ‘Then he shall tear it by its wings, but shall not sever it. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, on the wood which is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD.
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to rebuke
Literally: to tear apart; hence: action by which humans chastise other humans with words
Examples1 Samuel 24:7 And David rebuked his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul got up, left the cave, and went on his way.
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to be cleft
Literally: to be torn apart; hence: state in which the hoof of an animal is divided into two parts, as a result of which it is considered a clean animal which can be eaten
ExamplesLeviticus 11:3 ‘Whatever has a divided hoof, showing split hoofs, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.
Leviticus 11:7 And the pig, for though it has a divided hoof, and so it shows a split hoof, it does not chew cud; it is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:26 ‘As for all the animals which have a divided hoof but do not show a split hoof, or do not chew the cud, they are unclean to you; whoever touches them becomes unclean.
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Literally: to be torn apart; hence: state in which the hoof of an animal is divided into two parts, as a result of which it is considered a clean animal which can be eaten (cleft (hoof))
ExamplesDeuteronomy 14:7 “However, you are not to eat these among the ones that chew the cud, or among those that have the hoof divided in two: the camel, the rabbit, and the rock hyrax, for though they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof; they are unclean to you.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
8 occurrences in 5 groups
- Not stated (participle) 3
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- דָּוִדDavid 1
- נָּהshe 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
8 occurrences in 4 groups
- שֶׁסַעcleft (hoof) 4
- וֹhim 2
- גְּדִיyoung male goat 1
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- בin/on/with+ דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1
- בin/on/with+ כָּנָףwing 1
- כlike/as+ שָׁסַעto be cloven, to tear apart 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַיִןthere is no, not 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כlike/as 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- συντρίβω syntríbō · G4937 · to break into pieces, to shatter, to crush
- συντρίβω emphasizes complete crushing or shattering with destructive force, whereas שָׁסַע focuses on the action of splitting or cleaving (often describing cloven hooves or deliberate dividing), sharing overlap only in contexts of violent rending or breaking apart.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Impact002001001024
- This verb denotes tearing something apart by force, as in Leviticus 1:17's instruction that the priest tear the bird by its wings without completely severing it.
- Chastise002003002005
- This domain reflects a further sense of this verb involving punitive rending, elsewhere in its occurrences rather than being illustrated by the citations sampled here.
- Shape002001001052
- The verb also describes an animal's hoof as being divided or cloven in form, as in Leviticus 11:3's description of animals with a divided hoof showing split hoofs.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8156. shasa [שָׁסַע] verb divide, cleave (Late Hebrew Pi`el tear spart; ᵑ7Jer Pa`el Lam…
[שָׁסַע] verb divide, cleave (Late Hebrew Pi`el tear spart; ᵑ7Jer Pa`el Lam 3:11 tear in pieces (for HCT מִּשֵּׁחַ)); —
Qal Participle (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שֶׁ֫סַע): masculine singular מַּרְסָה שֶׁסַע וְשֹׁסַע Lev 11:7 (P; on ׳שֹׁ compare LagBN 84) cleaving the cleft of the hoof, i.e. having cloven hoof, so feminine singular שֹׁסַ֫עַת Lev 11:3, compare Deu 14:6; שֹׁסַ֫עַת אֵינֶנָּה שֶׁסַע Lev 11:26 (P); passive הַשְּׁסוּעָה הַמַּרְסָה Deu 14:7.
Pi`el tear in two, a lion, kid, Imperfect, Infinitive construct הַגְּדִי כְּשַׁסַּע וַיְשַׁסְּעֵהוּ Jdg 14:6; a bird (by, or at, its wings), Perfect3masculine singular consecutive אֹתוֺ וְשִׁסַּע Lev 1:17 (P); imperfect3masculine singular (בַּדְּבָרִים אֶתאֲֿנָשָׁיו) וַיְשַׁסַּע 1Sa 24:8 gives too violent a meaning; probably corrupt for word = restrain, or the like Dr HPS, compare Bu Now (hesitantly).
שֶׁ֫סַע noun [masculine] cleft; — as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with [ שָׁסַע], q. v.; absolute Lev 11:26, construct Lev 11:3; Lev 11:7; Deu 14:6.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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