פִּי הַחִירֹת
pi ha.chi.rot
Pi-hahiroth
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Pi-hahiroth: A Biblical Place Name Pi-hahiroth is a proper noun designating a specific geographical location mentioned seven times in the Hebrew Bible. The transliteration "pi ha.chi.rot" suggests a compound term, with "pi" likely meaning "mouth" or "opening" in Hebrew, though the exact meaning of the second component cannot be determined from the lexical data provided alone. As a place name rather than a common noun, it functions as a fixed geographical reference rather than a word with variable meaning or usage. The frequency of seven biblical occurrences indicates that Pi-hahiroth held sufficient narrative importance to warrant multiple textual references, suggesting it was a recognizable landmark to the original audience. However, without access to the specific passages where this term appears, the precise geographical location, historical context, or theological significance of this site cannot be determined from the lexical data alone. What can be stated definitively is that Pi-hahiroth served as a named location within the biblical geographical framework, appearing consistently across the textual tradition.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
7 total occurrences across the text
“Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea.
Exodus 14:2“Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea.
Exodus 14:9The Egyptians pursued them. All the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
Exodus 14:9The Egyptians pursued them. All the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
Numbers 33:7They traveled from Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon, and they encamped before Migdol.
Numbers 33:7They traveled from Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon, and they encamped before Migdol.
Numbers 33:8They traveled from before Hahiroth, and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.