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sūf סוּף ‘reed’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably of Egyptian origin, compare sūf סוּף ‘Suph’

sūf n, m + n
1) reed, rush, water plant
 1a) rushes
 1b) sea of rushes
  1b1) of Red Sea
  1b2) of arms of Red Sea
  1b3) of Gulf of Suez
  1b4) of sea from straits to Gulf of Akaba

Mentioned in Exodus 10:19, 15:22, 13:18, 2:5, 23:31, 2:3, 15:4 Numbers 21:4, 33:10, 14:25, 33:11 Deuteronomy 11:4, 2:1, 1:40 Joshua 24:6, 4:23, 2:10 Judges 11:16 1 Kings 9:26 Isaiah 19:6 Jeremiah 49:21 Jonah 2:6 Psalms 106:7, 106:22, 136:13, 106:9, 136:15 Nehemiah 9:9

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