# H8157 שֶׁסַע

שֶׁסַע (sheçaʻ), Strong’s H8157: a fissure KJV: cleft, clovenfooted.. Occurs 4 times.

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*sheçaʻ* — a fissure

KJV: cleft, clovenfooted.

Derived from [שָׁסַע shâçaʻ](https://besorah.bible/word/H8156) (to split or tear)

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שֶׁ֫סַע n.[m.] cleft

## Where it occurs
- [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.