STRONGS NUMBER H5492


Word Summary
cuwphah: a storm wind
Original Word: סוּפָה
Transliteration: cuwphah
Phonetic Spelling: (soo-faw')
Part of Speech: noun feminine; proper name, of a location
Short Definition: a storm wind
Meaning: a storm wind
Strong's Concordance
Red Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea

From cuwph; a hurricane -- Red Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea.

see HEBREW cuwph

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5492. cuwphah

I. סוּפָהnoun feminine storm-wind (that makes an end ?); — absolute ׳סIsaiah 5:28 +; סוּמָּ֫תָהHosea 8:7 (Ges§ 90f.); suffix סוּפָֽתְךָPsalm 83:16; plural סוּפוֺתIsaiah 21:1; — strom-wind, ס בְּיוֺם ׳כְּסַעַרAmos 1:14; Nahum 1:3 ("" שְׂעָרָה‎), Isaiah 17:13 ("" רוּחַ‎), Job 37:9; Isaiah 21:1, as driving chaff Job 21:18 (verb גָּנַב‎; in simile), simile of rushing chariots Isaiah 5:28; 66:15; Jeremiah 4:13, of ruin Proverbs 1:27; compare 10:25; symbolic of ׳י‎s judgments, וְס יִזְרָ֖עוּ ׳רוּחַ יִקְצֹ֑רוּHosea 8:7; Psalm 83:16 ("" סַעַר‎), Job 27:20 (verb גָּנַב‎), Isaiah 29:6 ( + מְעָרָה‎).

II. סוּפָהproper name, of a location East of Jordan; — only in phrase בְּס ׳וָהֵב‎ in ancient poetry fragment Numbers 21:14; TristrMoab 50 compare S¹fieh (), southeast oasis of Dead Sea, but ס‎ = is most improbable