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title: סוּפָה — Suphah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סוּפָה (lemma:סוּפָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Suphah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סוּפָה

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«סוּפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Suphah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:סוּפָה · **BDB:** סוּפָה²

### Glosses

Suphah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Suphah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5d5_5bc_5e4_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5d5_5bc_5e4_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. E. of Jordan;—only in phr. וָהֵב בְּס׳ in ancient poet. fragment Nu 21:14; TristrMoab 50 cp. Ṣāfieh (صافيه), SE. oasis of Dead Sea, but ס = ص is most improb.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סוּפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5d5_5bc_5e4_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 21:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.14/)

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עַל־כֵּן֙ יֵֽאָמַ֔ר בְּסֵ֖פֶר מִלְחֲמֹ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה אֶת־וָהֵ֣ב בְּסוּפָ֔ה וְאֶת־הַנְּחָלִ֖ים אַרְנֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* therefore it.is.said in the.book of.the.wars of.Yahweh (et) Waheb in Suphah and (et) the wadis Arnon

*JPS 1917:* wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of the LORD: Vaheb in Suphah, and the valleys of Arnon,

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