How to Pronounce Pi-Hahiroth

What does Pi-Hahiroth mean?

Pi-Hahiroth means “the mouth; the pass of Hiroth”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Pi-Hahiroth?

Place where the reeds grow (LXX. and Copt. read “farmstead”), the name of a place in Egypt where the children of Israel encamped (Ex. 14:2, 9), how long is uncertain. Some have identified it with Ajrud, a fortress between Etham and Suez. The condition of the Isthmus of Suez at the time of the Exodus is not exactly known, and hence this, with the other places mentioned as encampments of Israel in Egypt, cannot be definitely ascertained. The isthmus has been formed by the Nile deposits. This increase of deposit still goes on, and so rapidly that within the last fifty years the mouth of the Nile has advanced northward about four geographical miles.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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