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H5488 סוּף (çûwph) soof
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the papyrus

KJV Usage: flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare 5489

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

סוּף (suph) — Red (Sea). 1) of Red Sea 2) of Gulf of Suez 3) of sea from straits to Gulf of Akaba Also named: eruthros (ἐρυθρός "Red( Sea)" G2063) as "Reed Sea"

סוּף (suph) — reed. 1) reed, rush, water plant 1a) rushes 1b) sea of rushes - used of Red Sea

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

Plants

cattails, bulrushes meaning unsure; probably: = a reed-like plant, which grows in water and reaches a height of up to 3 m high; its fuzzy brown seed head becomes fluffy and blows away in the wind; ◄ Typha genus; ► used for baskets and mats; its roots are edible

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name

Names of Locations

Suph = location; ◄ in the wilderness; ► facing the location from where Moses was said to deliver his speech found in Deuteronomy

DEU 1:1

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

סוּף n.m. reeds, rushes rushes, in Nile

Red Sea

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