כַּסּ֣וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כַּסּ֣וּ

   ka-SUS

   like the horse
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְס֣וּ כַּסּ֣וּ וְרֶ֣כֶב כָּרֶ֗כֶב

   ve-SUS ka-SUS ve-RE-khev ka-RE-khev

   and horse like the horse and chariot like the chariot
3. clause🔊 וְאַתָּ֣ה תִֽמְנֶה־לְךָ֣ חַ֡יִל כַּחַיִל֩ הַנֹּפֵ֨ל מֵאוֹתָ֜ךְ וְס֣וּ כַּסּ֣וּ וְרֶ֣כֶב כָּרֶ֗כֶב וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֤ה אוֹתָם֙ בַּמִּישׁ֔וֹר אִם־לֹ֥א נֶחֱזַ֖ק מֵהֶ֑ם

   ve-a-TA tim-ne-LE-kha kha-YIL ka-kha-YIL ha-no-FEL me-o-TAKH ve-SUS ka-SUS ve-RE-khev ka-RE-khev ve-nil-la-kha-MA o-TAM ba-mi-SHOR im-LO ne-khe-ZAK me-HEM

   and you you shall appoint for yourself an army like the army that is falling or that was lost from you and horse like the horse and chariot like the chariot and we will fight them in the plain surely we shall be stronger than they
4. sentence🔊 וְאַתָּ֣ה תִֽמְנֶה־לְךָ֣ חַ֡יִל כַּחַיִל֩ הַנֹּפֵ֨ל מֵאוֹתָ֜ךְ וְס֣וּ כַּסּ֣וּ וְרֶ֣כֶב כָּרֶ֗כֶב וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֤ה אוֹתָם֙ בַּמִּישׁ֔וֹר אִם־לֹ֥א נֶחֱזַ֖ק מֵהֶ֑ם וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע לְקֹלָ֖ם וַיַּ֥עַשׂ כֵּֽן׃

   ve-a-TA tim-ne-LE-kha kha-YIL ka-kha-YIL ha-no-FEL me-o-TAKH ve-SUS ka-SUS ve-RE-khev ka-RE-khev ve-nil-la-kha-MA o-TAM ba-mi-SHOR im-LO ne-khe-ZAK me-HEM va-yish-MA le-ko-LAM va-ya-AS KEN

   and you you shall appoint for yourself an army like the army that is falling or that was lost from you and horse like the horse and chariot like the chariot and we will fight them in the plain surely we shall be stronger than they and he listened to their voice and he did so

Exegesis

The parallel phrases kahayil {כַחַיִל | ka-ḥayil} ‘like the army’, kasus {כַסּוּס | ka-sūs} ‘like the horse’, and karekhev {כָּרֶכֶב | ka-re-ḵev} ‘like the chariot’ establish a strict one-to-one replacement pattern.