Word Study · Strong's H5492 · Hebrew
סוּפָה
suphah
soo-faw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: çûwphâh
“a hurricane”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a hurricane
Rendered in the KJV as
Red Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea.
- 16occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- סוּפָֽה׃3
- בְּסוּפָ֔ה1
- בְּסוּפָ֤ה1
- וּבְסוּפָתְךָ֥1
- וְכַסּוּפָ֖ה1
- וְכַסּוּפָה֙1
- וְסוּפָ֣תָה1
- כְּסוּפָ֣ה1
- כַּסּוּפָֽה׃1
- כְּסוּפ֤וֹת1
- סוּפָ֑ה1
- ס֭וּפָה1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 10
- a storm-wind7
- [is] in storm-wind1
- and [will be] like the storm-wind1
- and a storm-wind towards1
- and like the storm-wind1
- and with storm-wind your1
- in Suphah1
- like a storm-wind1
- like storm-winds1
- like the storm-wind1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- noun · feminine singular7
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2
- preposition + noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 7
- HC/Rd/Ncfsa · 2
- HR/Ncfsa · 2
- HC/Ncfsa/Sd · 1
- HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HR/Ncfpa · 1
- HR/Npl · 1
- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job3 occurrences
- Job 21:18סוּפָֽה׃sufahnoun · feminine singularAre they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?here: a storm-wind
- Job 27:20סוּפָֽה׃sufahnoun · feminine singularTerrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.here: a storm-wind
- Job 37:9סוּפָ֑הsufahnoun · feminine singularThe tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.here: a storm-wind
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 1:27כְּסוּפָ֣הkesufahpreposition + noun · feminine singularwhen your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.here: like a storm-wind
- Proverbs 10:25ס֭וּפָהsufahnoun · feminine singularWhen the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.here: a storm-wind
Isaiah5 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:28כַּסּוּפָֽה׃kasufahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularTheir arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.here: like the storm-wind
- Isaiah 17:13סוּפָֽה׃sufahnoun · feminine singularThe nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.here: a storm-wind
- Isaiah 21:1כְּסוּפ֤וֹתkesufotpreposition + noun · feminine pluralThis is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.here: like storm-winds
- Isaiah 29:6סוּפָה֙sufahnoun · feminine singularyou will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.here: a storm-wind
- Isaiah 66:15וְכַסּוּפָ֖הvekhasufahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singularFor behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.here: and [will be] like the storm-wind