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SUPH

(Heb. sûp)

The place from which Moses gave his final addresses, in the land of Moab E of the Jordan River (Deut. 1:5), where Israel was still “in the wilderness” (v. 1) and soon to enter the Promised Land. The geographical data given here is difficult. Suph (Heb. “sea weed”) has been identified with Khirbet Sufah, 7 km. (4.3 mi.) SE of Madeba, or with a Greek town called Papyron, mentioned by Josephus (Ant. 14.33). Some scholars emend the phrase “opposite Suph” to “from the Re(e)d Sea,” a reading supported by LXX and Vulg.

Bibliography. E. G. Kraeling, “Two Place Names of Hellenistic Palestine,” JNES 7 (1948): 199-201.

Robert Delsnyder






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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