Lexical Definition
סוּפָה çûwphâh (soo-faw') whirlwind H:N-F
from סוּף
Red Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea.
- § Suphah = "honeycomb: overflow"
- a hurricane
n f
1) storm-wind
n pr loc
2) a place east of the Jordan
See Greek: γνόφος · καταστροφή · λαῖλαψ · ὀδύνη · ὀργή
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| סוּפָה֙ | a storm-wind | Isa.29.6 |
| סוּפָֽה | a storm-wind | Job.21.18 • Job.27.20 • Isa.17.13 • Amos.1.14 |
| סוּפָ֑ה | a storm-wind | Job.37.9 |
| ס֭וּפָה | a storm-wind | Prov.10.25 |
| כַּסּוּפָֽה | like storm-wind | Isa.5.28 |
| כְּסוּפָ֣ה | like a storm-wind | Prov.1.27 |
| כְּסוּפ֤וֹת | like storm-winds | Isa.21.1 |
| וּבְסוּפָתְךָ֥ | and with storm-wind your | Ps.83.15 |
| וְסוּפָ֣תָה | and a storm-wind | Hos.8.7 |
| וְכַסּוּפָה֙ | and like the storm-wind | Jer.4.13 |
| וְכַסּוּפָ֖ה | and like the storm-wind | Isa.66.15 |
| בְּסוּפָ֤ה | in storm-wind | Nah.1.3 |
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. סוּפָה noun feminine storm-wind (that makes an end ?); — absolute ׳ס Isa 5:28 +; סוּפָּ֫תָה Hos 8:7 (Ges«GKC:90f»§ 90f.); suffix סוּפָֽתְךָ Ps 83:16* plural סוּפוֺת Isa 21:1 — strom-wind, ׳כְּסַעַר בְּיוֺם ס Amos 1:14; Nah 1:3 (|| שְׂעָרָה), Isa 17:13 (|| רוּחַ), Job 37:9; Isa 21:1, as driving chaff Job 21:18 (verb גָּנַב; in simile), simile of rushing chariots Isa 5:28; Isa 66:15; Jer 4:13, of ruin Prov 1:27 compare Prov 10:25 symbolic of ׳י's judgments, יִקְצֹ֑רוּ ׳רוּחַ יִזְרָ֖עוּ וְס Hos 8:7; Ps 83:16* (|| סַעַר), Job 27:20 (verb גָּנַב), Isa 29:6 ( + מְעָרָה).
II. סוּפָה proper name, of a location East of Jordan; — only in phrase ׳וָהֵב בְּס in ancient poetry fragment Num 21:14 TristrMoab 50 compare S¹fieh (
), southeast oasis of Dead Sea, but ס = 
is most improbable
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Numbers | 21:14 |
| Job | 21:18 · 27:20 · 37:9 |
| Psalms | 83:16* |
| Proverbs | 1:27 · 10:25 |
| Isaiah | 5:28 · 17:13 · 21:1 · 29:6 · 66:15 |
| Jeremiah | 4:13 |
| Hosea | 8:7 |
| Amos | 1:14 |
| Nahum | 1:3 |