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kloÌ‚ (פרסה, parsÌ£aÌ„h, literally, “hoofâ€): 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†( the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) “hath the hoof cloven in twoâ€). See CHEW; CUD. the King James Version uses the word “claws†where the Revised Version (British and American) supplies “hoofs†in , “and will tear their hoofs in pieces,†as the sheep are being overdriven. In the only other passage containing the word () there is no Hebrew equivalent in the original - “his nails like birds' (claws).