Lexical Definition

‎סוּף‎ Çûwph (soof) Suph ^N:N--L
for ‎סוּף‎ (by ellipsis of ‎יָם‎)

Red Sea.

• § Suph = "sea weed"
• the Reed (Sea)

1) a place opposite the site of the giving of the Deuteronomic law

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎סוּף‎ proper name, of a location (si vera lectio) named in defining location of Deuteronomic law-giving Deut 1:1 (‎מול סוּף‎, where ‎מוֺל‎ by dissimil. for ‎מוּל‎); but read perhaps ‎מִיַּם סוּף‎ (ᵐ5 πλησίον ρῆς ἐρυθρᾶς, ᵐ5^L + θαλάσσης, ᵑ9 contra mare rubrum), see I. ‎סוּף‎.

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Suph • Place near where Moses spoke to Israel

Suph, a place near the wilderness where Moses spoke to the Israelites (Deut. 1:1).

• A location only mentioned at Deu.1.1;
• only referred to as Suph סוּף.
  

Suph is mentioned in Deuteronomy 1:1 as one of the places near the wilderness where Moses spoke to the Israelites. The exact location of Suph is uncertain, but it is listed along with other places such as Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. These locations are described as being situated "between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab" (Deut. 1:1), suggesting that Suph was located somewhere in the Sinai Peninsula or the Negev Desert. Some scholars propose that Suph may be related to the Red Sea (Yam Suph), but this connection remains uncertain.

All entries for Suph: סוּף