[SunkenCiv]

The rest of the Erythraean Sea keyword, sorted:

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• More evidence unearthed at ancient port of Muziris [03/19/2010]
• Sailor to recreate Phoenicians' epic African voyage [03/24/2008]
• Archaeologists Unearth Roman Era Artefacts In Kerala (India) [03/25/2007]
• Ancient Indian port linked to Roman Empire faces extinction(India) [08/22/2006]
• Search For India's Ancient City (Muziris - Roman) [06/11/2006]
• When In Vietnam, Build Boats As The Romans Do [04/21/2006]
• Scientists Discover Ancient Sea Wharf (Marine Silk Road) [12/30/2004]
• The Shipwreck at Assarca Island, Eritrea [10/17/2004]
• The Voyage around the Erythraean Sea [09/12/2004]
• Tamil Trade [09/11/2004]
• Who really discovered America? (Evidence that the Jews did!) [04/13/2004]
• So How Far Did The Phoenicians Really Go In The Region? [02/23/2004]
• Who Really Discovered America? [07/14/2002]
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[Romulus]

Wait... the Bible is in other languages besides English?

[Bethaneidh]

Interesting argument. I remember hearing it discussed years ago. Then someone pointed out, “All the better miracle that Pharoah’s army drowned in two inches of water.”

[Varda]

It's an interesting topic. I was taught that it was “Red Sea” and that the meaning of the name is unknown to modern research. There are apparently a number of ancient sources calling it the “Red Sea”.

“The notion that the Yam Suf is the modern-day Red Sea predates any English translation of the Bible by well over a thousand years. In fact, it seems that until the late eighteenth century no one questioned the translation and identification of Yam Suf with the Red Sea. 1”

But of course current Bible scholars like to make meanings of words current with modern culture so we have this idea that all those olden people didn't know what they were talking about.

[Greg123456]

The Strait of Tiran is very shallow at Sharm el Sheikh 28.000516,34.475211

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Very interesting. Thanks, SunkenCiv.

[Ezekiel]

I'm always up for a deep dive into etymologies, so this article is very interesting to me, thanks much. I'll be spending more time in it when I have the time.

What's the Truth about . . . the Translation of Yam Suf?

That experts have missed the forest for the trees? Or the sea for the fish as it were?

I mean whichever the wording, it's obvious that it had been split already. Maybe all Moses had to do was to point that out, so the People could see it, and go on through finally. The gate's not locked.

ים-סוף

YAM SUF
RED SEA

Good as done. Open Sesame. God always provides the cure before the disease.

If someone wanted to get picky though, there's no "suf" here, just the sea:

Exodus 14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

To follow instructions to the letter, to divide the "ים":

י-ם

And then go on dry ground through the midst:

JerUSAlem

~ EZ 😉

The world is full of surprises.