שָׁסַע

שָׁסַע(b. h.) to rend, split.Part. pass. שָׁסוּעַ; pl. שְׁסוּעִים, שְׁסוּעין cloven-footed. Yalk. Lev. 537 (ref. to Lev. 11:26) לש׳ מנין whence do we learn that the laws of uncleanness apply to the cloven-footed animals?; לשאין ש׳ מנין that it applies to those not cloven-footed?; Sifra Shmini, ch. V, Par. 4 שיסועים (corr. acc.). Pi. שִׁיסַּע same. Zeb.VI, 5 שי׳ ולאוכ׳ he rent (the sacrificial bird), but did not sever it entirely. Tosef. ib. VII, 10 היה מְשַׁסְּעוֹ בירוכ׳ he rent it with his hand, but not with a knife; a. e.Part. pass. מְשוּסָּע cloven-footed. Sifra l. c. מפריס ומש׳, v. פָּרַס; Yalk. l. c. ומשסע (corr. acc.).