שָׁסַע (b. h.) to rend, split. —Part. pass. שָׁסוּעַ; pl. שְׁסוּעִים, שְׁסוּעִין cloven-footed. Yalk. Lev. 537 (ref. to Lev. XI, 26) לש׳ מנין whence do we learn that the laws of uncleanness apply to the cloven-footed animals?; לשאין ש׳ מנין that it applies to those not cloven-footed?; Sifra Sh’mini, ch. V, Par. 4 שיסועים (corr. acc.).
Pi. - שִׁיסַּע same. Zeb. VI, 5 שי׳ ולא וכ׳ he rent (the sacrificial bird), but did not sever it entirely. Tosef. ib. VII, 10 היה מְשַׁסְּעוֹ ביד וכ׳ he rent it with his hand, but not with a knife; a. e.—Part. pass. מְשׁוּסָּע cloven-footed. Sifra l. c. מפריס ומש׳, v. פָּרַס; Yalk. l. c. ומשסע (corr. acc.).