Bible Location
Meaning: the mouth; the pass of Hiroth · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Pi-hahiroth was the Egyptian encampment point near the sea before the crossing. It is important because it helps define the dramatic staging ground of the Exodus escape. First appears in Exod 14:2.1
Place meaning
the mouth; the pass of Hiroth
Coordinates
29.95, 32.43
First appears
Exod 14:2
AI summary: Pi-hahiroth matters because it is one of the named stations that makes the sea-crossing story concrete. Israel camps there in apparent vulnerability just before Pharaoh's pursuit is broken. The cross references present Pi-hahiroth as a place of entrapment turned into deliverance.1
Place meaning
the mouth; the pass of Hiroth
Latitude
29.95
Longitude
32.43
Bible references
3
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. In the maps of Ptolemy (of the second and third centuries A.D.) the mouths of the Nile are forty miles further south than at present. (See EXODUS.) 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.