† I. סוּס noun [
masculine]
swallow or
swift (
cypselus, Tristr
FFP 82 ff.) (
סוּסָיָא Isaiah 38:14); — as twittering
Isaiah 38:14 (in simile);
χελιδών,
pullus hirundinis; so
Jeremiah 8:7 Kt (Qr
סִיס wrongly; perhaps to distinguish from following, so Gie),
id.,
hirundo.
II. סוּס 138 noun masculineExodus 15:1 horse (Late Hebrew
סוּס,
סוּסָה Aramaic
סוּסְיָא 
Mandean
סוסיא, Sinaitic
id., Lzb
328; Assyrian
sisû (sisû ?) Dl
HWB 506; Tel Amarna
su-u[su] Wkl
TA.191, 24; probably foreign word compare Nö
M 147 Erman
Ägypten 649; English tr. 490); —
ס׳ absolute
1 Kings 20:20 +; construct
Exodus 15:19 +; plural
סוּסִים Genesis 47:17 +,
סֻסִים 2 Samuel 15:1; construct
סוּסֵי 2 Kings 2:11; suffix
סוּסַי 1 Kings 22:4;
2 Kings 3:7.
סוּסֶיךָ Micah 5:9 +
4 times,
סוּסָיו Isaiah 5:28 +,
סוּסֵיכֶס Amos 4:10,
סוּסֵיהֶם Joshua 11:6+; —
horse:
1. non-Israel;
chariot-horses of Canaanites
Judges 5:22 (compare
Judges 5:28;
Judges 4:3,
13;
עִקְבֵי ס׳;
ס׳ collective, as often),
Joshua 11:4,
6,
9 (JE);
horses as property of Egyptians
Genesis 47:17;
Exodus 9:3 (both J), compare
Zechariah 14:15; merchandise of Tyre
Ezekiel 27:14;
chariot-horses of Egypt [compare Hom
11.ix.384],
Exodus 14:9,
23 (Psalms),
Exodus 15:1,
21 (poem),
Exodus 15:19 (Psalms; on all see Di),
Deuteronomy 11:4;
Isaiah 31:1,
3;
Jeremiah 46:4,
9;
Ezekiel 17:15; of Aram
1 Kings 20:1 +
11 times Kings (
1 Kings 20:20 ridden, for flight), Assyrians
Isaiah 5:28 +
3 times, Chaldeans
Jeremiah 4:13 +
6 times; other nations
Nahum 3:2;
Jeremiah 50:42 +
5 times; as ridden
1 Kings 20:20 (see above), Jeremiah 8:23;
Ezekiel 38:4,
15 +
13 times (late).
2. in Israel; chariot-horses of Absalom
2 Samuel 15:1, especially of Solomon, and later,
1 Kings 5:6;
1 Kings 5:8;
1 Kings 10:25,
28,
29, and || Chronicles;
1 Kings 18:5 and.(as war-equipment)
1 Kings 22:4;
2 Kings 3:7;
2 Kings 9:33;
2 Kings 10:2;
Proverbs 21:31;
סוּסֵי אֵשׁ 2 Kings 2:11 (Elijah), compare
2 Kings 6:17; consecration to sun
2 Kings 23:11 (compare RS
Semitic 275; 2nd ed. 293); sign of luxury and apostasy
Amos 4:10;
Hosea 1:7;
Hosea 14:4;
Isaiah 2:7;
Micah 5:9;
Zechariah 9:10, compare
Deuteronomy 17:6,
16, but see
Zechariah 14:20; in vision
Zechariah 6:2 (twice in verse);
Zechariah 6:3 (twice in verse);
Zechariah 6:6; ridden
2 Kings 9:18,
19;
2 Kings 18:23 =
Isaiah 36:8;
Amos 2:15 +
4 times Isaiah Jeremiah; in vision
Zechariah 1:8 (twice in verse);
שַׁעַר הַס׳ Jeremiah 31:40;
Nehemiah 3:28, compare
2 Kings 11:16 2 Chronicles 23:15; belongings of returned exiles
Ezra 2:56 =
Nehemiah 7:68 van d. H. (omitted by Masora Baer Ginsb which see); description of horse
Job 39:19; in various simile and figurative
Amos 6:12;
Jeremiah 5:8;
Jeremiah 8:6;
Jeremiah 12:5;
Ezekiel 23:20;
Isaiah 63:13;
Joel 2:4;
Proverbs 27:3;
Psalm 32:9;
Psalm 147:10.
3. chariot-horses of
י׳ Habakkuk 3:15 (figurative of clouds), compare
Zechariah 10:3. — compare also
חֲצַר סוּסִים, and
פָּרָשׁ,
רֶכֶשׁ.
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