סוס

Compare Aramaic סוּסְיָא (sūsəyā), Phoenician 𐤎𐤎 (ss /⁠sys⁠/), Akkadian 𒀲𒆳𒊏 (sīsûm), Classical Syriac ܣܘܣܝܐ (sūsyā) and Ugaritic 𐎒𐎒𐎆 (ssw).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /sus/

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סוּס • (sus) m (dual indefinite סוסיים / סוּסַיִם, plural indefinite סוּסִים, plural construct סוּסֵי־, feminine counterpart סוּסָה)

1. horse
   • Tanach, Exodus 15:1, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:

     אָשִׁירָה לַיהוָה כִּי־גָאֹה גָּאָה סוּס וְרֹכְבוֹ רָמָה בַיָּם׃

     Ashíra la-YHWH ki gaóh gaáh, sus v'rokhvó ramah va-yam.

     I will sing to God for His great victory; horse and rider He threw in the sea.

   • Tanach, Judges 5:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אָז הָלְמוּ עִקְּבֵי־סוּס מִדַּהֲרוֹת דַּהֲרוֹת אַבִּירָיו׃

     Az halmú 'ikvéi sus; midaharot daharot abirav.

     Then did the horsehoofs stamp, by reason of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.

   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Bechorot, section 1.2:

     פָּרָה שֶׁיָּלְדָה כְּמִין חֲמוֹר, וַחֲמוֹר שֶׁיָּלְדָה כְּמִין סוּס, פָּטוּר מִן הַבְּכוֹרָה

     Paráh she-yaldáh k-min ḥamór, va-ḥamór she-yaldah k-min sus, patur min ha-b'khorah.

     A cow that births what looks like a donkey, or a donkey that births what looks like a horse, these are exempt from the firstborn offering.

2. a strong or muscular man; stud, stallion

   Synonym: חָתִיךְ (khatíkh)

• זְנַב סוּס (znáv sús)
• סוּס עֲבוֹדָה (sús avodá)
• סוּס טְרוֹיָאנִי (sus troyáni)
• סוּס יָם (sus yám)
• סוּס נַדְנֵדָה (sus nadnedá)

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  • → German: Zosse

• פָּרָשׁ (parásh)

• “סוס” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

• סוס on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he