ס֨וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ס֨וּ

   SUS

   horse of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֣י בָא֩ ס֨וּ פַּרְעֹ֜ה

   KI BA SUS par-O

   for horse of Pharaoh entered
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י בָא֩ ס֨וּ פַּרְעֹ֜ה בְּרִכְבּ֤וֹ וּבְפָרָשָׁיו֙ בַּיָּ֔ם וַיָּ֧שֶׁב יְהוָ֛ה עֲלֵהֶ֖ם אֶת־מֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם

   KI BA SUS par-O be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV bay-YAM va-YA-shev Yeh-ho-VAH a-le-HEM et-MEI ha-YAM

   for horse of Pharaoh entered with his chariot and with his horsemen into the sea LORD {And He} brought back waters of the sea upon them
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י בָא֩ ס֨וּ פַּרְעֹ֜ה בְּרִכְבּ֤וֹ וּבְפָרָשָׁיו֙ בַּיָּ֔ם וַיָּ֧שֶׁב יְהוָ֛ה עֲלֵהֶ֖ם אֶת־מֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם וּבְנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הָלְכ֥וּ בַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּֽם׃

   KI BA SUS par-O be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV bay-YAM va-YA-shev Yeh-ho-VAH a-le-HEM et-MEI ha-YAM u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU bay-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH ha-YAM

   for horse of Pharaoh entered with his chariot and with his horsemen into the sea LORD {And He} brought back waters of the sea upon them and sons of Israel walked on the dry ground in the midst of the sea

Exegesis

The nominal construct sus par‘oh {ס֨וּס פַּרְעֹ֜ה | sûs pâr-ōʼ} ‘the horse of Pharaoh’ serves as the subject to the vav-consecutive Hiphil verb va-yashev {וַיָּ֧שֶׁב | way-yā-šeb} ‘and caused to return’.

Root and etymology

ס־ו־ף🔊 s-w-p

“reeds”

• 🔊 סוֹףsōp̄end, edgeEcclesiastes 3:11