Hosea 14:3:4Hos.14.3.W4TABWLC Hosea 14:4
עַל־סוּס֙
alsus
“on a horse”
- Transliteration
- al-SUS
- Extended
- ahl-SOOS
- IPA
- /joː.ʃiː.ʕeːˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on a horse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Samekh | s as in sit |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-SUS
- clause
a-SHUR LO yo-shi-E-nu al-SUS LO nir-KAV ve-lo-NO-mar OD e-lo-HE-nu le-ma-A-se ya-DE-nu
- sentence
a-SHUR LO yo-shi-E-nu al-SUS LO nir-KAV ve-lo-NO-mar OD e-lo-HE-nu le-ma-A-se ya-DE-nu a-SHER-be-KHA ye-ru-KHAM ya-TOM
Exegesis
Next, the prepositional phrase ʿal-sus {עַל־סוּס֙ | ʿal-sûs} ‘upon a horse’ is placed before the negated verb nirkav {נִרְכָּ֔ב | nirkāḇ} ‘we will ride’, emphasizing refusal to seek security through military means.
In context — Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will no longer say, “Our gods,” to the work of our hands, for in You the fatherless finds mercy.
About this coordinate
Hosea 14:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Hosea 14:3, so the Hebrew word עַל־סוּס֙ (alsus) 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 Hos.14.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.3.W4.S1) and character.