Deuteronomy 20:1:5Deut.20.1.W5TAB

ס֤וּ

sus

a horse

Transliteration
SUS
Extended
SOOS
IPA
/suːs/

Meaning by language

English
a horse

Alphabet Analysis

Samekhs as in sit
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    SUS

  2. phraseyour reading level

    SUS va-RE-khev

  3. clause

    kee-te-TSE la-mil-kha-MA al-oy-ve-KHA ve-ra-I-ta SUS va-RE-khev am-RAV mim-KHA lo ti-RA me-HEM

  4. sentence

    kee-te-TSE la-mil-kha-MA al-oy-ve-KHA ve-ra-I-ta SUS va-RE-khev am-RAV mim-KHA lo ti-RA me-HEM kee-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-MAKH ha-ma-al-KHA me-E-retz mits-RA-yim

Exegesis

A vav-consecutive perfect vera’ita {וְרָאִיתָ | wə-rā-’î-tā} ‘and you saw’ coordinates sus {ס֤וּס | sûs} ‘horse’ and va-rekhev {וָרֶ֙כֶב֙ | wə-re-ḵeḇ} ‘chariot’ with the construct ’am rav mimekha {עַם רַב מִמְּךָ | ’am rav mim-mə-kā} ‘a people more numerous than you,’ creating an accumulative list that heightens the perceived threat.

In contextDeuteronomy 20:1

When you go out to fight against your enemies and you see horses and chariots and a force larger than you, you must not fear them, for the LORD your God is with you—He is the One who brought you up from the land of Egypt.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 20:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 20:1, so the Hebrew word ס֤וּ (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.20.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.1.W5.S1) and character.