King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H5488
Transliteration: suph
Phonetic Spelling: (soof)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: reeds, rushes
Meaning: a reed, the papyrus
Word Summary
suph: reeds, rushes
Original Word: סוּףTransliteration: suph
Phonetic Spelling: (soof)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: reeds, rushes
Meaning: a reed, the papyrus
Strong's Concordance
flag, Red sea, weed Probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the papyrus -- flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare Cuwph.
see HEBREW Cuwph
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5488. suph
I. סוּף noun masculineJonah 2:6 reeds, rushes (collective) (probably loan-word from Egyptian ‰wfi, reeds, SteindBAS i. 603 ErmanZMG xivi (1892), 122; Semitic according to WMMAs. u.Eur.101); —
1 rushes, in Nile Exodus 2:3, 5 (E); וָסוּף קָנֶה Isaiah 19:6 (of Egypt).
2 usually in combination יַםסֿוּף probably = sea of rushes or reeds ( > sea of (city) Suph), which Greek included in wider name θάλασσα Ἐρυθρἀ, Red Sea (compare DiExodus 13:18 and especially WMMAs.u.Eur.42f., who explains as name originally given to upper end of Gulf of Suez, extending into Bitter Lakes, shallow and marshy, whence reeds (probably also reddish colour)); **compare also CheEB RED SEA. — name applied only to arms of Red Sea; most often
a. to Gulf of Suez Exodus 10:19; Joshua 2:10 (both J), Exodus 13:18; 15:4, 22; 23:31 (all E), Deuteronomy 11:4; Joshua 4:23 (D), Numbers 33:10-11, (P), elsewhere late Nehemiah 9:9; Psalm 106:7; 106:9; 106:22; 136:13; 136:15.
b. sometimes to Gulf of Akaba 1 Kings 9:26, and יַםסֿוּף דֶּרֶךְ Numbers 21:4 (E), probably also 14:25 (E), Deuteronomy 1:40; 2:1; perhaps Judges 11:16; Jeremiah 49:21; possibly read מִיַּםסֿוּף for ס ׳מוֺל Deuteronomy 1:1 (see infor.).