סוּף I m. (b. h.; v. סוּף II) reed, bulrush.—ים ס׳ the sea of Suf (Red Sea). Sot. 12ᵃ sq. (ref. to בסוף, Ex. II, 3) ר"א אומר ים ס׳ וכ׳ R. E. says, that means the sea; R. S. says, it means ăgam (v. אֲגַם II, 2); Ex. R. s. 1. Ex. R. s. 22 קריעת ים ס׳ the splitting of the Red Sea (for the passage of the Israelites); Y. Ber. I, 3ᵈ bot.; a. fr.
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סוּף I m. (b. h.; v. סוּף II ) reed, bulrush. —ים ס׳ the sea of Suf (Red Sea). Sot. 12ᵃ sq. (ref. to בסוף , Ex. II, 3 ) ר"א אומר ים ס׳ וכ׳ R. E.…
References
- Jastrow, סוּף II 1
- Sotah 12a:23
- Exodus 2:3
- Jastrow, אֲגַם II 1
- Shemot Rabbah 1:36
- Shemot Rabbah 22:3
- Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 1:6:6