Hoof
A cleft hoof as of neat cattle (
Exodus 10:26
;
Ezek. 32:13
); hence also of the horse, though not cloven (
Isaiah 5:28
). The "parting of the hoof" is one of the distinctions between clean and unclean animals (
Leviticus 11:3
;
Deuteronomy 14:7
).
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