Red Sea — the meaning of the Hebrew name סוּף

סוּף

Çûwph · pronounced soof · Strong's H5489 · a place

Red Sea means the Reed (Sea).

Built from

סוּף çûwph (for, H5488) — a reed, especially the papyrus open in the lexicon ›

יָם yâm (by ellipsis of, H3220) — a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

for H5488 (by ellipsis of H3220); the Reed (Sea).

First appearance

Deut 1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. (KJV)

Every verse that names Red Sea

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Deuteronomy

Deut 1:1

Other people or places called Red Sea

Red Sea (H5492) — a hurricane

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