פִּי הַחִירֹת Pîy ha-Chîyrôth
Meaning
Pi-ha-Chiroth, a place in Egypt
In the King James Version: Pi-hahiroth. (In Numbers 14:19 without Pi-.)
Derivation: from H6310 (פֶּה) and the feminine plural of a noun (from the same root as H2356 (חוֹר)), with the article interpolated; mouth of the gorges;
Where it is used
- Exodus 14:2 “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
- Exodus 14:9 The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.
- Numbers 33:7 They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.
- Numbers 33:8 They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.