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title: סוּס — swallow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סוּס (lemma:סוּס), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: swallow. BDB 1906: swallow swift. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סוּס

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«סוּס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **swallow** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:סוּס · **BDB:** סוּס

### Glosses

a.swallow (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

swallow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5d5_5bc_5e1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

swallow swift [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5d5_5bc_5e1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] swallow or swift (cypselus, TristrFFP 82 ff.) (𝔗 סוּסְיָא Is 38:14);—as twittering Is 38:14 (in sim.); 𝔊 χελιδών, 𝔙 pullus hirundinis; so Je 8:7 Kt (Qr סִיס wrongly; perhaps to distinguish from foll., so Gie), 𝔊 id., 𝔙 hirundo.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סוּס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5d5_5bc_5e1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 38:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.38.14/)

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כְּס֤וּס עָגוּר֙ כֵּ֣ן אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף אֶהְגֶּ֖ה כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה דַּלּ֤וּ עֵינַי֙ לַמָּר֔וֹם אֲדֹנָ֖י עָֽשְׁקָה־לִּ֥י עָרְבֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* like a.swallow a.crane so I.chirp I.moan like (the) dove they.are.low eyes my to the height\[s\] Lord my oppression \[belongs\].to me stand surety.for.me

*JPS 1917:* Like a swallow or a crane, so do I chatter, I do moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be Thou my surety.

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