סוּףçûwph
reeds, rushes, (collective)
Pronunciation: soof · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5488
Meanings
1. rushes (Exodus 2:3; Exodus 2:5; Isaiah 19:6)
2. Red Sea, usually in combination יַםסֿוּף probably = sea of rushes or reeds (Exodus 13:18)
a. Gulf of Suez (Exodus 10:19; Joshua 2:10; Exodus 13:18)
b. Gulf of Akaba (1 Kings 9:26; Numbers 21:4; Numbers 14:25)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 28 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 2:3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River.
- Exodus 2:5 Soon Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe in the river, and her attendants walked along the riverbank. When the princess saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it for her.
- Exodus 10:19 The Lord responded by shifting the wind, and the strong west wind blew the locusts into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained in all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 13:18 So God led them in a roundabout way through the wilderness toward the Red Sea. Thus the Israelites left Egypt like an army ready for battle.
- Exodus 15:4 Pharaoh’s chariots and army he has hurled into the sea. The finest of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
- Exodus 15:22 Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the desert of Shur. They traveled in this desert for three days without finding any water.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).