To strip his hooves, to reveal his hooves

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To strip his hooves, to reveal his hooves

To strip his hooves, to reveal his hooves

By metaphor: to feign piety. To strive to appear righteous. Or: to reveal one’s rough true face (‘telaf’ literally means hoof, the horny part at the tips of the legs of animals. Originally: since a fit beast is required to have both a split hoof and a cloven foot, the pig appears as fit when lying down and its hooves are visible to the eye).

("What is this pig, in the hour that he lies down he spreads his fangs, as if saying that I am pure, so does this wicked kingdom usurp and five are visible as if it were offering the stage" - Beginning of Rava, 1)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הִפְשִׁיט אֶת טְלָפָיו, גִּילָּה אֶת טְלָפָיו

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִתְחַסֵּד. הִשְׁתַּדֵּל לְהֵרָאוֹת כְּצַדִּיק. אוֹ: הֶרְאָה אֶת פַּרְצוּפוֹ הַגַּס הָאֲמִתִּי (טֶלֶף מַשְׁמָע פַּרְסָה, הַחֵלֶק הַקַּרְנִי שֶׁבִּקְצוֹת רַגְלֵי בַּעֲלֵי חַיִּים. בַּמָּקוֹר: מִכֵּיוָן שֶׁלַּבְּהֵמָה הַכְשָׁרָה דָּרוּשׁ שֶׁתְּהֵא גַּם מַפְרִיסַת פַּרְסָה וְגַם מַעֲלַת גֵּרָה, כָּךְ הַחֲזִיר מִצְטַיֵּר כְּכָשֵׁר כְּשֶׁהוּא רוֹבֵץ וּטְלָפָיו נִרְאִים לָעַיִן).

("מָה חֲזִיר הַזֶּה,בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁהוּא רוֹבֵץ הוּא מַפְשִׁיט אֶת טְלָפָיו ,כְּלוֹמַר שֶׁאֲנִי טָהוֹר,כָּךְ מַלְכוּת הַזֹּאת הָרְשָׁעָה גּוֹזֶלֶת וְחוֹמֶסֶת נִרְאֵית כְּאִלּוּ מֻצַּעַת אֶת הַבִּימָה"-בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה סה א )

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