SUPHAH.An unknown locality E. of Jordan (Num_21:14).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
sōō?fa (סוּפה, sūphāh, for בּסוּפה והב, wāhēbh beṣūphāh; Septuagint reads τῆν Ζωὼβ ἐθλόγισε, tḗn Zōṓb ephlógise; the King James Version Rea Sea): Suphah is the region in which Vaheb is situated (Num_21:14). It is probably identical with Suph of Deu_1:1. Tristram (Land of Moab, 50 f) suggested identification with Ghōr eṣ-Ṣāfiyeh, a small oasis East of the mud fiats of Eṣ-Sebkhah, South of the Dead Sea; but ?the sibilants do not correspond, and Ṣāfiyeh 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.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.