Hebrew verb · H8156
שָׁסַע
shasashaw-sah'
to cleave
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâçaʻ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8156is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8156
to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraid
The King James renders it: cleave, (be) cloven (footed), rend, stay.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shasa is rendered "to cleave". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 1:17He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Leviticus 1:17וְשִׁסַּ֨ע
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's nine uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and cleaves2
- and cleaving1
- and he reprimanded1
- and he tore apart it1
- and he will tear apart1
- as tears apart1
- cleaving1
- the cloven1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְשֹׁסַ֤עַת2
- הַשְּׁסוּעָ֑ה1
- וַיְשַׁסַּ֨ע1
- וַֽיְשַׁסְּעֵ֙הוּ֙1
- וְשִׁסַּ֨ע1
- וְשֹׁסַ֥ע1
- כְּשַׁסַּ֣ע1
- שֹׁסַ֗עַת1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vpq3ms1Hc/Vpq3ms
- Hc/Vpw3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms
- Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular1HC/Vqrfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Vqrfsc
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vqrmsa
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vpcc
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singular1HTd/Vqsfsa
- verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular1HVqrfsa
Leviticus
four uses
He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- וְשִׁסַּ֨עveshisa'Hc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will tear apart
You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
- וְשֹׁסַ֤עַתveshosaatconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: and cleaves
And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
- וְשֹׁסַ֥עveshosa'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and cleaving
Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.
- שֹׁסַ֗עַתshosaatverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: cleaving
Deuteronomy
two uses
You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.
- וְשֹׁסַ֤עַתveshosaatconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and cleaves
But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger.
- הַשְּׁסוּעָ֑הhashesuahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: the cloven
Judges
two uses
and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
- וַֽיְשַׁסְּעֵ֙הוּ֙vayshaseehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he tore apart it
- כְּשַׁסַּ֣עkeshasa'preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: as tears apart
1 Samuel
one use
With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.
- וַיְשַׁסַּ֨עvayshasa'Hc/Vpw3mstagged: and he reprimanded
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.