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pī haḥīrōt פִּי הַחִירֹת ‘Pi-hahiroth’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from peh פֶּה ‘lip’ and the feminine plural of a noun (from the same root as ḥōr חֹר ‘hole’), with the article inserted
Roots: פה חור חור

pī haḥīrōt pr n loc
Pi-hahiroth = "place where sedge grows"
1) the 3rd encampment of the Israelites after leaving Goshen in Egypt and the last one before crossing the Red Sea

Mentioned in Exodus 14:9, 14:2 Numbers 33:7, 33:8

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