שֶׁסַע sheçaʻ — a fissure
Translated in the KJV as cleft, clovenfooted.
from H8156; a fissure.
sheçaʻ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
שֹׁסַ֗עַת Lev 11:26 Participle (active), feminine singular
The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›