Pîy ha-Chîyrôth — H6367

Definition

locative proper noun

Pi-ha-Chiroth, a place in Egypt

1. Pi-hahiroth = "place where sedge grows"
2. the 3rd encampment of the Israelites after leaving Goshen in Egypt and the last one before crossing the Red Sea

Usually translated as

Pi-hahiroth

Origin

from H6310 and the feminine plural of a noun (from the same root as H2356), with the article interpolated; mouth of the gorges

• Derived from Peh (H6310)
• Derived from Chôwr (H2356)

Occurrences

Pîy ha-Chîyrôth occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2), Numbers (2)

• Exodus 14:2 — Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth (פִּ֣י), between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
• Exodus 14:9 — But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth (פִּי֙), before Baal-zephon.
• Numbers 33:7 — And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth (פִּ֣י), which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
• Numbers 33:8 — And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth (הַֽחִירֹ֔ת), and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.