Hebrew term "Yam Suf"
E384299
"Yam Suf" is the Hebrew term traditionally associated with the sea miraculously crossed by the Israelites in the Exodus narrative, often translated as the "Sea of Reeds" or "Red Sea."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hebrew term "Yam Suf" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3745135 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hebrew term "Yam Suf" Context triple: [Parting of the Sea of Reeds, hasLanguageForm, Hebrew term "Yam Suf"]
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A.
Phoenician Yodh
Phoenician Yodh is an ancient Phoenician consonant letter that is the ancestor of several modern characters, including the Hebrew Yod, Greek Iota, and Latin I.
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B.
Dead Sea shore
The Dead Sea shore is the hypersaline coastline of the landlocked Dead Sea, renowned as the lowest exposed land on Earth and a major natural and tourist landmark in the Middle East.
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C.
Hebr
Hebr is the ISO 15924 four-letter code that designates the Hebrew script used for writing the Hebrew language and several other Jewish languages.
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D.
Hebrew Yo-el
Hebrew Yo-el is the original Hebrew form of the given name Joel, traditionally understood to mean “Yahweh is God.”
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E.
Hebrew
Hebrew is an ancient Northwest Semitic language that became the liturgical and historical language of the Jewish people and was later revived as the modern spoken language of the State of Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hebrew term "Yam Suf" Target entity description: "Yam Suf" is the Hebrew term traditionally associated with the sea miraculously crossed by the Israelites in the Exodus narrative, often translated as the "Sea of Reeds" or "Red Sea."
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A.
Phoenician Yodh
Phoenician Yodh is an ancient Phoenician consonant letter that is the ancestor of several modern characters, including the Hebrew Yod, Greek Iota, and Latin I.
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B.
Dead Sea shore
The Dead Sea shore is the hypersaline coastline of the landlocked Dead Sea, renowned as the lowest exposed land on Earth and a major natural and tourist landmark in the Middle East.
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C.
Hebr
Hebr is the ISO 15924 four-letter code that designates the Hebrew script used for writing the Hebrew language and several other Jewish languages.
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D.
Hebrew Yo-el
Hebrew Yo-el is the original Hebrew form of the given name Joel, traditionally understood to mean “Yahweh is God.”
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E.
Hebrew
Hebrew is an ancient Northwest Semitic language that became the liturgical and historical language of the Jewish people and was later revived as the modern spoken language of the State of Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew term
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biblical toponym ⓘ |
| alternativeTranslation | Red Sea ⓘ |
| appearsInBook |
1 Kings
ⓘ
Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
surface form:
Deuteronomy
Jeremiah ⓘ Numbers ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
Exodus 13
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Exodus 14 ⓘ Exodus 15 ⓘ |
| associatedMiracle |
drowning of Egyptian army
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parting of the sea ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Exodus from Egypt
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Israelites crossing of the sea ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure | Moses ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Israelites ⓘ |
| category |
Biblical Hebrew phrases
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Places in the Torah ⓘ Red Sea in the Bible ⓘ |
| etymologyComponent |
suf (reeds or papyrus)
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yam (sea) ⓘ |
| influencedBy | ancient Near Eastern geographic knowledge ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| linkedToLocationDebate |
Bitter Lakes
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surface form:
Bitter Lakes region
Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ Gulf of Suez ⓘ Lake Timsah ⓘ marshy lagoons of northeastern Nile Delta ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | Sea of Reeds ⓘ |
| liturgicalRole |
referenced in Jewish Passover liturgy
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referenced in the Song of the Sea (Shirat HaYam) ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Exodus
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| primarySourceLanguage | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic exegesis of Exodus story ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Samaritanism ⓘ |
| scholarlyInterpretation | Sea of Reeds ⓘ |
| script | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
biblical geography debates
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historical Exodus research ⓘ textual criticism studies ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
God’s power over nature
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divine deliverance ⓘ judgment on Egypt ⓘ |
| traditionalIdentification | Red Sea ⓘ |
| translationInSeptuagint |
Red Sea
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surface form:
Erythra Thalassa (Red Sea)
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hebrew term "Yam Suf" Description of subject: "Yam Suf" is the Hebrew term traditionally associated with the sea miraculously crossed by the Israelites in the Exodus narrative, often translated as the "Sea of Reeds" or "Red Sea."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.