שָׁסַע (šāsaʿ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning divide. It appears
9 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H8156).
Also rendered
to cleave
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2427)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2427)divide, cleave; cleaving the cleft of the hoof; tear in two; split, tear, upbraid; cloven, rend, stay
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שָׁסַעverb: divide, cleave
Qalcleaving the cleft of the hoof, i.e. having cloven hoof
Pieltear in two
Strong's H8156שָׁסַע: to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraid KJV:cleave, (be) cloven (footed), rend, stay.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.