Suph standard
ah over against Suph" (De 1:1). the King James Version, following Septuagint, takes the name as a contraction of yam cuph (see RED SEA). The abbreviation is not found elsewhere.
Where is Suph in the Bible?
Suph was a location in the wilderness east of the Jordan River where Moses addressed the Israelites before they entered Canaan, as recorded in Deuteronomy 1:1. The exact geographical location remains uncertain among scholars, though some have proposed it may be connected to the Hebrew term for "Red Sea" or located near a mountain pass west of the Dead Sea. This place holds theological significance as the setting where Moses began his farewell speeches and renewed the covenant with the Israelite people at the threshold of their promised inheritance. While the precise identification of Suph's location has been debated by biblical scholars, it serves as an important marker in Israel's wilderness journey and Moses' final ministry to God's people.
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- Deuteronomy
Suph
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)ah over against Suph" (De 1:1). the King James Version, following Septuagint, takes the name as a contraction of yam cuph (see RED SEA). The abbreviation is not found elsewhere. The name of the sea was not derived from that of a city; so we need not look in that direction. Knobel suggested Naqb es-Safa, a pass about 25 miles West-Southwest of the Dead Sea. But it is "unsuitably situated; nor does the name agree phonetically (for @@ ... agrees with ..., not with ...)" (Driver, "Deuteronomy," ICC, 4). No identification is possible.
W. Ewing
soo'-fa (suphah, for wahebh becuphah; Septuagint reads ten Zoob ephlogise; the King James Version Rea Sea): Suphah is the region in which Vaheb is situated (Nu 21:14). It is probabl