# H8156 שָׁסַע

שָׁסַע (shâçaʻ), Strong’s H8156: to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraid KJV: cleave, (be) cloven (footed), rend, stay.. Occurs 9 times.

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*shâçaʻ* — to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraid

KJV: cleave, (be) cloven (footed), rend, stay.

Occurs 9 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [שָׁסַע] vb. divide, cleave
- Qal cleaving the cleft of the hoof, i.e. having cloven hoof
- Pi. tear in two

## Where it occurs
- [Leviticus 1:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/1?v=17) — He shall tear it by its wings, but shall not divide it apart. The priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that…
- [Leviticus 11:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/11?v=3) — Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
- [Leviticus 11:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/11?v=7) — The pig, because it has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you.
- [Leviticus 11:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/11?v=26) — “‘Every animal which has a split hoof that isn’t completely divided, or doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you…
- [Deuteronomy 14:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/14?v=6) — Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.
- [Deuteronomy 14:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/14?v=7) — Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the…
- [Judges 14:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=6) — The LORD’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat with his bare hands, but he…
- [1 Samuel 24:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/24?v=8) — So David checked his men with these words, and didn’t allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave…