Claw

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

CLAW . In Daniel 4:33 ‘claw’ means a bird’s claw; but in Deuteronomy 14:6 and Zechariah 11:16 it has the obsolete meaning of an animal’s hoof.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]

       klô פרסה  parṣāh  Deuteronomy 14:6ChewCud Zechariah 11:16 Daniel 4:33

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]

( פִּרְסָה, parsah', cleft, i.e. cloven foot), prop. a hoof (as usually rendered) of a bifurcated animal ( Exodus 10:26; Micah 4:13; Ezekiel 32:11), or of a solid-footed quadruped (e.g. a horse, Isaiah 5:28; Jeremiah 47:3); hence for the distinctive mark of a clean (q.v.) creature ("claw," Deuteronomy 14:16), or the sharp weapons of a beast of prey ("claw," Zechariah 11:16), or the talons of a predatory bird ("claw," Daniel 4:33). In one passage ( Psalms 10:10) the powerful, clawed paw of a lion (q.v.) is poetically denoted by the term עֲציּמים, "strong ones,"

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