Red (Sea)
suph most often occurs with the sea crossed after Egypt, with a rare Nile-bank use in clauses about reeds.
The term predominantly occurs in clauses concerning the sea on Israel's route from Egypt, including its crossing, the defeat of Pharaoh's force, travel beside it, and its use as a border. A rarer use appears in the Nile-bank setting where an ark is placed and found among reeds.
Senses in use
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The sea in departure and crossing accounts · dominant
In Exodus 15:4 the APB renders Pharaoh's chariots, army, and officers as being cast or sinking in the sea; in Joshua 4:23 it renders the waters as dried up before the people's crossing. The same setting also marks travel by the sea in Numbers 33:10 and a border extending from it in Exodus 23:31.
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Reeds on the Nile bank · rare
In Exodus 2:3 the occurrence is in the clause where the ark is set among the reeds on the Nile's bank, and in Exodus 2:5 it is in the clause where Pharaoh's daughter sees the ark among the reeds. The APB's wording confirms the shared Nile-bank setting.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB variously uses “Red Sea,” “sea of Reeds,” and “sea of Suph” in the sea-related clauses, while Exodus 2:3 and Exodus 2:5 speak of “reeds.” These are verse-level renderings and do not provide word-by-word alignment.