1 Kings 20:1:91 Kgs.20.1.W9TAB
וְס֣וּ
vesus
“and horse”
- Transliteration
- ve-SUS
- Extended
- veh-SOOS
- IPA
- /vəˈsuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- and horse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SUS
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SUS va-ra-KHEV
- clause
u-VEN-ha-DAD ME-lekh-a-RAM ka-VATS et-KAL-KHEI-lo u-she-lo-SHIM u-she-NA-yim ME-lekh i-TO ve-SUS va-ra-KHEV
- sentence
u-VEN-ha-DAD ME-lekh-a-RAM ka-VATS et-KAL-KHEI-lo u-she-lo-SHIM u-she-NA-yim ME-lekh i-TO ve-SUS va-ra-KHEV va-ya-AL va-ya-TSAR al-SHO-mer-ON va-yil-la-KHEM BAH
Exegesis
The phrase itto {אִתּ֖וֹ | ʼit-tō} ‘with him’ marks accompaniment, and ve-sus va-rachev {וְס֣וּס וָרָ֑כֶב | wə-sūs wā-rā-ḵeb} ‘horses and chariots’ lists military assets.
In context — 1 Kings 20:1
And Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his army and thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. Then he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 20:1, so the Hebrew word וְס֣וּ (vesus) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.20.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.1.W9.S1) and character.