Lexical Summary cuwc: a swallow, swift (type of bird) Original Word: סוּסTransliteration: cuwc Phonetic Spelling: (soos) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a swallow, swift (type of bird) Meaning: a swallow, swift (type of bird) Strong's Concordance crane, horseback, Or cuc {soos}; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight) -- crane, horse((-back, -hoof)). Compare parash. see HEBREW parash Brown-Driver-Briggs H5483. cuwc I. סוּס noun [masculine] swallow or swift (cypselus, TristrFFP 82 ff.) (סוּסָיָא ᵑ7 Isaiah 38:14); — as twittering 38:14 (in simile); ᵐ5 χελιδών, ᵑ9 pullus hirundinis;; so Jeremiah 8:7 Kt (Qr סִיס wrongly; perhaps to distinguish from following, so Gie), ᵐ5 id., ᵑ9 hirundo. II. סוּס138 noun masculineExodus 15:1 horse (Late Hebrew סוּסָה סוּס, Aramaic סוּסְיָא Mandean סוסיא, Sinaitic id., Lzb328; Assyrian sisû (sisû ?) DlHWB 506; Tel Amarna su-u[su] WklTA.191, 24; probably foreign word compare NöM 147 ErmanÄgypten 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 + 4t., סוּסָיו Isaiah 5:28 +, סוּסֵיכֶס Amos 4:10, סוּסֵיהֶם Joshua 11:6+; — horse: 1 non-Israel; chariot-horses of Canaanites Judges 5:22 (compare 5:28; 4:3, 13; ס ׳עִקְבֵי; ׳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 Hom11.ix.384], Exodus 14:9, 23 (Psalms), 15:1, 21 (poem), 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 11t. Kings (20:20 ridden, for flight), Assyrians Isaiah 5:28 3t., Chaldeans Jeremiah 4:13 6t.; other nations Nahum 3:2; Jeremiah 50:42 5t.; as ridden 1 Kings 20:20 (see above), Jeremiah 8:23; Ezekiel 38:4, 15 13t. (late). 2 in Israel; chariot-horses of Absalom 2 Samuel 15:1, especially of Solomon, and later, 1 Kings 5:6; 5:8; 10:25, 28, 29, and "" Chronicles; 18:5 and .(as war-equipment) 22:4; 2 Kings 3:7; 9:33; 10:2; Proverbs 21:31; אֵשׁ סוּסֵי 2 Kings 2:11 (Elijah), compare 6:17; consecration to sun 23:11 (compare RSSemitic 275; 2nd ed. 293); sign of luxury and apostasy Amos 4:10; Hosea 1:7; 14:4; Isaiah 2:7; Micah 5:9; Zechariah 9:10, compare Deuteronomy 17:6, 16, but see Zechariah 14:20; in vision 6:2 (twice in verse); 6:3 (twice in verse); 6:6; ridden 2 Kings 9:18-19, 18:23 = Isaiah 36:8; Amos 2:15 4t. Isaiah Jeremiah; in vision Zechariah 1:8 (twice in verse); הַס ׳שַׁעַר 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 q. v.); description of horse Job 39:19; in various simile and figurative Amos 6:12; Jeremiah 5:8; 8:6; 12:5; Ezekiel 23:20; Isaiah 63:13; Joel 2:4; Proverbs 27:3; Psalm 32:9; 147:10. 3 chariot-horses of ׳י Habakkuk 3:15 (figurative of clouds), compare Zechariah 10:3. — compare also סוּסִים חֲצַר, and רֶכֶשׁ מָּרָשׁ, . |
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