Leviticus 11:4:8Lev.11.4.W8TAB
הַפַּרְסָ֑ה
haparsa
“the hoof”
- Transliteration
- ha-par-SA
- Extended
- hah-par-SAA
- IPA
- /happarˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the hoof
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-par-SA
- clause
AKH et-ZEH LO to-akh-LU mi-ma-a-LEI ha-ge-RAH u-mi-maf-ri-SEI ha-par-SA
- sentence
AKH et-ZEH LO to-akh-LU mi-ma-a-LEI ha-ge-RAH u-mi-maf-ri-SEI ha-par-SA et-ha-ga-MAL ki-ma-a-LE ge-RAH HU u-par-SA ei-ne-NU maf-RIS ta-MEH HU la-KHEM
Exegesis
Two parallel construct-participles, mi-maalei {מִמַּעֲלֵי֙ | mi-maʿʿă-lê} ‘from those who chew’ and u-mi-mafrisei {וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵ֖י | ū-mi-maf-rī-sê} ‘and from those who split’, govern ha-gerah {הַגֵּרָ֔ה | ha-ḡē-rā(h)} ‘the cud’ and ha-parsah {הַפַּרְסָ֑ה | ha-p̄ar-sā(h)} ‘the hoof’, defining prohibited groups.
Root and etymology
p-r-sp-r-s
“to split, separate”
In context — Leviticus 11:4
But of these you shall not eat those that chew the cud or those that split the hoof. The camel, because it chews the cud but its hoof is not split, is unclean for you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 11:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 11:4, so the Hebrew word הַפַּרְסָ֑ה (haparsa) 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 Lev.11.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.11.4.W8.S1) and character.