II. סוּס138 noun masculine2 Mos 15,1 horse (Late Hebrew סוּס, סוּסָה 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 Kong 20,20 +; construct 2 Mos 15,19 +; plural סוּסִים 1 Mos 47,17 +, סֻסִים 2 Sam 15,1 construct סוּסֵי 2 Kong 2,11 suffix סוּסַי 1 Kong 22,4; 2 Kong 3,7. סוּסֶיךָ Mik 5,9 + 4t., סוּסָיו Es 5,28 +, סוּסֵיכֶס Amos 4,10, סוּסֵיהֶם Jos 11,6+; — horse:
1. non-Israel;
chariot-horses of Canaanites
Dom 5,22 (compare v
Dom 5,28;
Dom 4,3;
Dom 4,13 ׳עִקְבֵי ס;
׳ס collective, as often),
Jos 11,4;
Jos 11,6;
Jos 11,9 (
JE);
horses as property of Egyptians
1 Mos 47,17;
2 Mos 9,3 (both
J), compare
Zak 14,15 merchandise of Tyre
Ezk 27,14 chariot-horses of Egypt [compare
Hom11.ix.384],
2 Mos 14,9;
2 Mos 14,23 (Psalms),
2 Mos 15,1;
2 Mos 15,21 (poem), v
2 Mos 15,19 (Psalms; on all see
Di),
5 Mos 11,4;
Es 31,1;
Es 31,3;
Jer 46,4;
Jer 46,9;
Ezk 17,15 of Aram
1 Kong 20,1 + 11 t. Kings (
1 Kong 20,20 ridden, for flight), Assyrians
Es 5,28 + 3 t., Chaldeans
Jer 4,13 + 6 t.; other nations
Nah 3,2;
Jer 50,42 + 5 t.; as ridden
1 Kong 20,20 (see above),
Jer 8,23;
Ezk 38,4;
Ezk 38,15 + 13 t. (late).
2. in Israel; chariot-horses of Absalom
2 Sam 15,1, especially of Solomon, and later,
1 Kong 5,6;
1 Kong 5,8;
1 Kong 10,25;
1 Kong 10,28;
1 Kong 10,29, and || Chronicles;
1 Kong 18,5 and .(as war-equipment)
1 Kong 22,4;
2 Kong 3,7;
2 Kong 9,33;
2 Kong 10,2;
Ord 21,31 סוּסֵי אֵשׁ 2 Kong 2,11 (Elijah), compare
2 Kong 6,17 consecration to sun
2 Kong 23,11 (compare
RSSemitic 275; 2nd ed. 293); sign of luxury and apostasy
Amos 4,10;
Hos 1,7;
Hos 14,4;
Es 2,7;
Mik 5,9;
Zak 9,10, compare
5 Mos 17,6;
5 Mos 17,16, but see
Zak 14,20 in vision
Zak 6,2 (twice in verse);
Zak 6,3 (twice in verse);
Zak 6,6 ridden
2 Kong 9,18;
2 Kong 9,19;
2 Kong 18,23 =
Es 36,8;
Amos 2,15 + 4 t. Isaiah Jeremiah; in vision
Zak 1,8 (twice in verse);
׳שַׁעַר הַס Jer 31,40;
Neh 3,28, compare
2 Kong 11,16 =
2 Kron 23,15 belongings of returned exiles
Ezr 2,56 =
Neh 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;
Jer 5,8;
Jer 8,6;
Jer 12,5;
Ezk 23,20;
Es 63,13;
Joel 2,4;
Ord 27,3;
Sl 32,9;
Sl 147,10.
3. chariot-horses of
׳י Hab 3,15 (figurative of clouds), compare
Zak 10,3. — compare also
חֲצַר סוּסִים, and
פָּרָשׁ,
רֶכֶשׁ .