סוס

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

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

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 CE, 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: חתיך‎

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