צוּףtsûwph

flow, overflow, [float]

Pronunciation: tsoof · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6687

Meanings

Hiph`il

1. cause to flow over (Deuteronomy 11:4)

2. cause to float (2 Kings 6:6)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 11:4 They didn’t see what the Lord did to the armies of Egypt and to their horses and chariots—how he drowned them in the Red Sea as they were chasing you. He destroyed them, and they have not recovered to this very day!
  • 2 Kings 6:6 “Where did it fall?” the man of God asked. When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it into the water at that spot. Then the ax head floated to the surface.
  • Lamentations 3:54 The water rose over my head, and I cried out, “This is the end!”

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).