- Pi-hahiroth
Pi-hahiroth ( _he. פִּי הַחִירֹת) was a place referred to in the Book of Exodus as the place where the
Israelite s encamped while awaiting an imminent attack byPharaoh , prior to crossing the Red Sea.Kenneth Kitchen says that one translation of the Hebrew name "Pi-hahiroth" is "mouth of the Hiroth" with the word 'Hiroth' either a word for canal or the name of a canal entering a branch of the Nile or a lake. [cite book | last = Kitchen | first = Kenneth A. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = On the Reliability of the Old Testament | publisher = W.B. Eerdmans | year = 2003 | location = | pages = 260 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=Kw6U05qBiXcC&pg=PA260&dq=Pi-hahiroth&ei=La5TSJ_CCpOCjwGxt6iYDA&client=firefox-a&sig=4XFbTtt9GX6MutA-nanw4Lb0n0k | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0802849601] and suggests locations north or northeast of Ismailia.
Pi-hahiroth has also been identified as 'a place where sedge grows' or ‘a place where reeds grow’. This has resulted in much discussion and speculation about an alternative location. Some have argued that, as a marshy place with reeds, its location to the north of
Suez was more likely. Other have thought it to be nearAjrud , a fortress betweenEtham and Suez. There was nevertheless consensus that the location of Pi-hahiroth, if it was a real place, was close toEgypt .The
Haggada holds that Pi-hahiroth is the same as Pi-Tum.ee also
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