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∙ 10y agoThere are a number of possible explainations:
Answer 1:
This sea is called the "Red Sea" because:
The Red Sea splits into two at its northern end into the Gulf of Suez, and the Gulf of Aqaba. The name originally applied to the Gulf of Aqaba, which bordered the land of Edom, which means "red".
1 Kings 9:26 - And King Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
Today Eloth is callled Eilat, and is at the north eastern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, and is located in what was the land of Edom. Esau was born red. Edom, another name for Esau, means "red".
Genesis 25:25 - And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
So the sea that borders the land of Edom is called the Red Sea. It is the Gulf of Aqaba that the Israelites crossed (from Nuweba beach) having walked day and night for six days across the Sinai peninsula. The real Mount Sinai is not in what is now called the Sinai peninsula, but in Arabia.
Galatians 4:25 - For this Agar is Mount Sinai in Arabia.
Source: Bible - Authorized Version
Answer 2:
It is called the Red sea because of a typo in the translation. In Hebrew, it is called Yam Suf (ים סוף) which means "reed sea". An early spelling error caused it to become known as the red sea. Modern Jewish publications are careful to always refer to it now as the Reed Sea or the Sea of Reeds.
Answer 3:
The name of the sea may signify the seasonal blooms of the red-coloured cyanobacteria Trichodesmium erythraeum near the water's surface. Which gives the sea a red coloured look.
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Both Africa and Asia boarder which ocean?
The Red Sea No its the Indian ocean.
What oceans does Africa have?
Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean but there are some seas to like Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Sea and the Red sea.
What is the sea that is actually an arm of the Indian ocean and extends northwest between Africa and the Arabian Pininaula?
the Red Sea
What are the smaller bodies of water included in the Indian Ocean?
The Persian Gulf and the Red Sea are bodies of water rhat are consideredpart of the Indian Ocean.
What is the name of strait between red sea and Indian Ocean?
The Strait of Hormuz
Is red sea the deepest ocean?
no the red sea is a sea it is not an ocean . it is the Pacific ocean that is the deepest ocean in the world .
What major water bodies from the coastline of Africa?
Mediterranean Sea Red Sea Indian ocean Atlantic Ocean
What are the ocean that surround Africa?
Africa is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Indian ocean. The seas that surround it are: Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.
What sea is an arm of the Indian ocean?
The Red Sea
What is an ocean starting with R?
There are no ocean names starting with "R" - there is a sea, the 'Red Sea'.
What is the closest ocean to Egypt?
Mediterranean in the North, Red Sea to the East. Both are considered a "sea", so if you're asking for an Ocean specifically and not a body of water, it's the Indian Ocean to the south east, and the Atlantic to the west.
Sea that an arm of Indian ocean that extends between Africa and Arabian peninsula?
It is the Red Sea
What are the seas around Africa?
The Atlantic ocean, the Indian ocean, and the mediteranian ocean
Which 2 seas are connected the Suez canal?
Not oceans but the Mediteranean Sea and the Red Sea
What oceans boader Africa?
Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea.
What is the worlds warmest sea?
Indian ocean
What ocean is saltiest?
T he Red Sea is the saltiest ocean in the world.
