SOPH and SUPH are simply different words. That’s why the Masoretes cared to put punctuation to the Hebrew Scriptures. This way the meaning is clear.
Suph: Egyptian word meaning “ reed”, as it is by now universally accepted.
Soph: from a Hebrew root, ספ, signifying both “ ending” ( soph) and beginning, or entry ( saph).
SOPH and SUPH are simply different words. That’s why the Masoretes cared to put punctuation to the Hebrew Scriptures. This way the meaning is clear.
Suph: Egyptian word meaning “ reed”, as it is by now universally accepted.
Soph: from a Hebrew root, ספ, signifying both “ ending” ( soph) and beginning, or entry ( saph).