Deuteronomy 14:6:5Deut.14.6.W5TAB

שֶׁ֙סַע֙

shesa

with a split

Transliteration
she-SA
Extended
sheh-SA
IPA
/ʃɛˈsaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
with a split

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Result
שֶׁ֙ + סַע֙
she + sa
shesa

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Samekhs as in sit
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    she-SA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-sho-SA-at she-SA

  3. clause

    ve-KOL-be-he-MAH maf-re-SET par-SA ve-sho-SA-at she-SA shtey-fra-SOT ma-a-LAT-ge-RAH bab-be-he-MAH

  4. sentence

    ve-KOL-be-he-MAH maf-re-SET par-SA ve-sho-SA-at she-SA shtey-fra-SOT ma-a-LAT-ge-RAH bab-be-he-MAH o-TAH to-khe-LU

Exegesis

This is followed by two coordinated participles, mafreset {מַפְרֶסֶת | māf-rê-seṯ} ‘splitting’ and veshosaat {וְשֹׁסַעַת | wə-šō·śa·ʿat} ‘and splitting’, each describing parsah {פַּרְסָה | par-sāh} ‘hoof’ and its division into shesa {שֶׁסַע | še·saʿ} ‘a split’ of shtei perasot {שְׁתֵּי פְרָסוֹת | šə-tê pə-rā-sōt} ‘two hooves’ to reinforce complete separation.

In contextDeuteronomy 14:6

And every animal that divides the hoof and splits it into two hoofs, and that brings up the cud among the animals, you shall eat .

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 14:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 14:6, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֙סַע֙ (shesa) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.14.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.6.W5.S1) and character.