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klô ( פרסה , parṣāh , literally, "hoof"): One of the marks of a "clean" animal is stated Thus: "Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, ye shall eat" (Deuteronomy 14:6 the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) "hath the hoof cloven in two"). See CHEW; CUD . the King James Version uses the word "claws" where the Revised Version (British and American) supplies "hoofs" in Zechariah 11:16 , "and will tear their hoofs in pieces," as the sheep are being overdriven. In the only other passage containing the word (Daniel 4:33 ) there is no Hebrew equivalent in the original - "his nails like birds' (claws).»

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Claw'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/c/claw.html. 1915.

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