סוס

Compare Akkadian 𒀲𒆳𒊏 (sīsûm) and Classical Syriac ܣܘܣܝܐ‎ (sūsyā).

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

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

1. horse
   • 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.

   • 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 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 טְרוֹיָאנִי‎ (sus troyáni)
• סוּס יָם‎ (sus yám)

• → Yiddish:
  • → German: Zosse

• פָּרָשׁ‎ (parásh)

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

• סוס on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he