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soÌ„ō´fa (סוּפה, suÌ„phaÌ„h, for בּסוּפה והב, waÌ„heÌ„bh besÌ£uÌ„phaÌ„h; Septuagint reads τῆν Ζωὼβ ἐθλοÌγισε, teÌ„Ìn ZoÌ„oÌ„Ìb ephloÌgise; the King James Version Rea Sea): Suphah is the region in which Vaheb is situated (). It is probably identical with Suph of . Tristram (Land of Moab, 50 f) suggested identification with GhoÌ„r esÌ£-SÌ£aÌ„fiyeh, a small oasis East of the mud fiats of EsÌ£-Sebkhah, South of the Dead Sea; but “the sibilants do not correspond, and SÌ£aÌ„fiyeh is a specifically Arabic term (Wetzstein in Delitzsch, Gen4, 586, note 2) which does not seem to be a likely explanation of Suphah†(Gray, “Nu,†ICC, 285 f). This, and other questions of identification, must wait for solution until a more thorough exploration of the whole district has been accomplished.