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Ezra 2:66

“Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

סוּסçûwç · soos
H5483 · Hebrew

Definition: a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
Derivation: or סֻס; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy);
KJV renderings: crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare H6571 (פָּרָשׁ).
Grammar: סוּסֵי — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
הֶ֕ם — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HNcmpc/Sp3mp
Usage: Occurs 141 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 47:17 Genesis 49:17 Exodus 9:3 Exodus 14:9 Exodus 14:23

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read סוּס here.

Verse 65 Verse 67

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.