Suph is a place name that appears in Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy

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 1:1 (R.V. marg. "some ancient versions have the Red Sea

Red Sea

The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez...

," as in the A.V.). Some scholars identify it with Suphah (Numbers

Book of Numbers

The Book of Numbers is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible, and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah/Pentateuch....

 21:14) as probably the name of a place. Others identify it with es-Sufah = Maaleh-acrabbim (Joshua

Book of Joshua

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 15:3), and yet others with Zuph

Zuph

Zuph meaning honeycomb in Hebrew - is the Biblical name of:* A Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel ; called also Zophai and Ziph....

 (1 Samuel

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9:5). It is most probable, however, that, in accordance with the ancient versions, this word is to be regarded as simply an abbreviation of Yam-suph, i.e., the "Red Sea."