soof
probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the
papyrus:--flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare 5489.
see Hebrew for [05489]
And when she could [03201] not longer [05750] hide [06845] him, she took [03947] for him an ark [08392] of bulrushes [01573], and daubed [02560] it with slime [02564] and with pitch [02203], and put [07760] the child [03206] therein; and she laid [07760] it in the flags [05488] by the river's [02975] brink [08193].
And the daughter [01323] of Pharaoh [06547] came down [03381] to wash [07364] herself at the river [02975]; and her maidens [05291] walked [01980] along by the river's [02975] side [03027]; and when she saw [07200] the ark [08392] among [08432] the flags [05488], she sent [07971] her maid [0519] to fetch [03947] it.
And the Lord [03068] turned [02015] a mighty [03966] strong [02389] west [03220] wind [07307], which took away [05375] the locusts [0697], and cast [08628] them into the Red [05488] sea [03220]; there remained [07604] not one [0259] locust [0697] in all the coasts [01366] of Egypt [04714].cast: Heb. fastened
But God [0430] led [05437] the people [05971] about [05437], through the way [01870] of the wilderness [04057] of the Red [05488] sea [03220]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went up [05927] harnessed [02571] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].harnessed: or, by five in a rank
Pharaoh's [06547] chariots [04818] and his host [02428] hath he cast [03384] into the sea [03220]: his chosen [04005] captains [07991] also are drowned [02883] in the Red [05488] sea [03220].
So Moses [04872] brought [05265] Israel [03478] from the Red [05488] sea [03220], and they went out [03318] into the wilderness [04057] of Shur [07793]; and they went [03212] three [07969] days [03117] in the wilderness [04057], and found [04672] no water [04325].
And I will set [07896] thy bounds [01366] from the Red [05488] sea [03220] even unto the sea [03220] of the Philistines [06430], and from the desert [04057] unto the river [05104]: for I will deliver [05414] the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776] into your hand [03027]; and thou shalt drive them out [01644] before [06440] thee.