- Original: שׁסע - Transliteration: Shaca` - Phonetic: shaw-sah' - Definition: 1. to divide, cleave, part, split a. (Qal) cleaving, cleft (participle) b. (Piel) to tear in two, cleave in two - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2427 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to split or tear; figuratively to upbraid: - cleave (be) cloven ([footed]) rend stay. Total KJV Occurrences: 9 • cleave, 1 Leviticus 1:17 • cleaveth, 1 Deuteronomy 14:6 • cloven, 4 Leviticus 11:3; Leviticus 11:7; Leviticus 11:26; Deuteronomy 14:7 • rent, 2 Judges 14:6(2) • stayed, 1 1 Samuel 24:7