BDB5541 [H5488]

I. סוּף noun masculine^{Jonah 2:6} reeds, rushes (collective) (probably loan-word from Egyptian ‰wfi, reeds, Steind^{BAS i. 603} Erman^{ZMG xivi (1892), 122}; Semitic according to WMM^{As. u.Eur.101}); —

1. rushes, in Nile Exod 2:3; Exod 2:5 (E); קָנֶה וָסוּף Isa 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 Di^{Exod 13:18 and} especially WMM^{As.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 Che^{EB RED SEA}. — name applied only to arms of Red Sea; most often
\ \ a. to Gulf of Suez Exod 10:19; Josh 2:10 (both J), Exod 13:18; Exod 15:4; Exod 15:22; Exod 23:31 (all E), Deut 11:4; Josh 4:23 (D), Num 33:10; Num 33:11 (P), elsewhere late Neh 9:9; Ps 106:7; Ps 106:9; Ps 106:22; Ps 136:13; Ps 136:15.
\ \ b. sometimes to Gulf of Akaba 1Kgs 9:26, and דֶּרֶךְ יַםסֿוּף Num 21:4 (E), probably also Num 14:25 (E), Deut 1:40; Deut 2:1 perhaps Judg 11:16; Jer 49:21 possibly read מִיַּםסֿוּף for ׳מוֺל ס Deut 1:1 (see infor.).

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