Deuteronomy 17:16:9Deut.17.16.W9TAB
ס֑וּ
sus
“horses”
- Transliteration
- SUS
- Extended
- SOOS
- IPA
- /ˈsuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- horses
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SUS
- phraseyour reading level
har-BOT SUS
- clause
RAK lo-yar-BEH-LO su-SIM ve-LO-ya-SHIV ET-ha-AM mits-RAI-ma le-MA-an har-BOT SUS
- sentence
RAK lo-yar-BEH-LO su-SIM ve-LO-ya-SHIV ET-ha-AM mits-RAI-ma le-MA-an har-BOT SUS va-Ye-ho-VAH a-MAR la-KHEM LO to-si-FUN la-SHUV ba-DE-rekh ha-ZEH OD
Exegesis
The first prohibition employs the Hif’il imperfect yārbeh {יַרְבֶּה | yārbeh} with the pronominal suffix lō {לוֹ | lō} to denote “shall not multiply for himself,” governing the plural noun sūsim {סוּסִים | sūsim}.
The purpose clause lə-maʿan {לְמַעַן | lə-maʿan} with the infinitive construct harbôt sūs {הַרְבּוֹת סוּס | harbôt sūs} expresses the goal of multiplying horses.
Root and etymology
s-w-ssamekh–vav–samekh
“to leap, rush”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:16
Only he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, “You shall not return on this way again.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 17:16, so the Hebrew word ס֑וּ (sus) 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 Deut.17.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.16.W9.S1) and character.