סוּפָה
çûwphâh · soo-faw'
a hurricane
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5486 (סוּף);
a hurricane
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Red Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › to fasten and establish › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
To support and uphold that works to fasten and establish that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סוּפָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the whirlwind3 · 19%
- like a whirlwind2 · 13%
- in the red sea1 · 6%
- that the storm1 · 6%
- a tempest1 · 6%
- with thy storm1 · 6%
- as a whirlwind1 · 6%
- as the whirlwind1 · 6%
- as whirlwinds1 · 6%
- with storm1 · 6%
- shall be as a whirlwind1 · 6%
- of the whirlwind1 · 6%
- in the whirlwind1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.