1. hoof — The hard covering of the foot of ungulate animals, used primarily in the Levitical dietary laws to distinguish clean from unclean animals by whether they have a divided (split) hoof. Central to the purity classifications in Leviticus 11:3-8 and Deuteronomy 14:6-8, where a split hoof (פַּרְסָה שְׁסוּעָה) combined with cud-chewing marks an animal as clean. Also used of horse hooves in Isaiah 5:28 and Jeremiah 47:3 (the stamping of hooves in warfare), Ezekiel 26:11 (hooves of horses trampling streets), Ezekiel 32:13 (hooves muddying waters), Micah 4:13 (bronze hooves for threshing), and Zechariah 11:16 (tearing hooves). Multilingual glosses confirm a single meaning: Arabic ظِلْف, German Huf, French sabot, Spanish pezuna/cascos, Korean 발굽, Hindi खुर. All number and case forms (singular, plural, construct, with suffixes, with prepositions) denote the same body part. 21×
AR["أَظْلَافٍ","الظِّلْفَ","الْ-ظِّلْفَ","بِحَوَافِرِ","حَوَافِرِ","ظِلْفًا","ظِلْفٌ","ظِلْفٍ","ظِلْفَيْنِ","وَ-أَظْلَافَهُنَّ","وَ-الظِّلْفَ","وَ-ظِلْفًا","وَ-ظِلْفٌ","وَأَظْلاَفَكِ","وَأَظْلَافُ"]·ben["-খুরওয়ালা","আর-খুর","এবং-খুরওয়ালা","এবং-তাদের-খুরগুলি","এবং-তোমার-খুর","ক্ষুর","ক্ষুরের","খুর","খুরওয়ালা","খুরে-","খুরের","চেরা","তারা","সে"]·DE["[בפרסות]","[ופרסות]","[ופרסיהן]","[ופרסתיך]","[פרסות]","der-hoof","hoof","hooves","und-hoof"]·EN["and-hoof","and-hooves-of","and-your-hooves","he-will-tear","hoof","hooves","hooves-of","the-hoof","with-hooves-of-"]·FR["[בפרסות]","[ופרסות]","[ופרסיהן]","[פרסות]","et-sabot","et-tes-sabots","hoof","le-sabot","sabot","sabots"]·heb["ב-פרסות","ה-פרסה","ו-פרסה","ו-פרסות","ו-פרסותיהן","ו-פרסותייך","פרסה","פרסות","פרסת"]·HI["उगलने वाला","और-खुर","और-खुरों-उनके","और-तेरे-खुर","और-वह","खुर","खुर-के","खुरों","खुरों-में","पशु"]·ID["Dengan-telapak-kaki-","dan-kuku","dan-kuku-kuku-mereka","dan-kukumu","kuku","kuku-kuku","tetapi-kuku"]·IT["[בפרסות]","[ופרסות]","[ופרסיהן]","[ופרסתיך]","[פרסות]","e-zoccolo","hoof","il-zoccolo","zoccoli","zoccolo"]·jav["Kaliyan-turakipun","kuku","kuku-kuku","kuku-satunggal","kukuipun","lan-kuku-panjenengan","lan-tracak","nanging-kuku","tracak"]·KO["그-발괽을","그-발괽의","그러나-발괽을","그리고-굽들-너의-를","그리고-그들의-발굽을","그리고-발괽을","그리고-발굽들이","발괽들을","발괽들의","발괽을","발괽의","발굽들로-","발굽들의","발굽이"]·PT["Com-cascos-de","casco","cascos","cascos-de","e-casco","e-cascos-de","e-cascos-delas","e-teus-cascos","o-casco","unhas"]·RU["-копыто","а-копыта","и-копыта","и-копыта-их","и-копыта-твои","и-копыто","копыт","копыта","копытами","копыто"]·ES["Con-cascos-de","cascos-de","la-pezuña","ni-pezuñas-de","pezuña","pezuñas","y-pezuña","y-sus-pezuñas","y-tus-pezuñas"]·SW["Kwa-kwato-za","kwato","kwato-za","lakini-kwato","na-kwato","na-kwato-zako","na-kwato-zao","wala-kwato-za"]·TR["toynak","toynaklarla","toynakları","toynakı","toynakın","tırnak","tırnakları","tırnağı","ve-toynakları","ve-toynaklarını","ve-toynaklarını-senin","ve-toynakı","ve-tırnak"]·urd["-کھر","اور-اُن-کے-کھروں-کو","اور-تیرے-کھُر","اور-کھر","بَ-سموں","سموں","کھر","کھروں","کھروں-میں"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
פַּרְסָה n.f. hoof (prob. orig. divided hoof; cf. NöZA i (1886), 417, later of any hoof (v. 2 infr.), even Aramaic of foot-sole of dove 𝔗Onk Gn 8:9, and of men (Je 47:3 +), cf. Nöl.c.);—פ׳ abs. Ex 10:26 +; pl. פְּרָס(וֹ)ת Dt 14:6; Lv 11:3; cstr. id. Is 5:28 +; sf. פַּרְסֹתַיִךְ Mi 4:13, פַּרְסֵיהֶן Zc 11:16;— 1. of ruminants Ex 10:26 (E; meton. for animal itself), Mi 4:13 (fig. of Zion), Ez…