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Pi-hahiroth

Ancient site; 14 competing modern identifications, best supported being plain near Jabal Jinayfah.

Placemountainnatural areasettlement4 verseslocation disputed

Where was it?

Scholars do not agree. Every proposal recorded by the source is shown with its support score, so you can see the weight of opinion rather than a single answer.

Proposed site: plain near Jabal Jinayfah · regionOpen in OpenStreetMap

plain near Jabal Jinayfah103
30.2252, 32.4695region
Tell Defenneh75
30.8606, 32.1714tel
Tell el Farama45
31.0425, 32.5461visible
Zahr al Qais22
31.2137, 33.0670terrain
Al Mahamdiyah11
31.0447, 32.6600terrain
Jabal al Murr9
29.9522, 32.7017terrain
Kibrit0
30.2252, 32.4695settlement
Tall al Qulzum0
29.9742, 32.5529settlement
between Maghfar and Lake Timsah0
30.5667, 32.2667region
Fayid0
30.3261, 32.2986settlement
Al Qantarah-7
30.8500, 32.3167settlement
Jebel Abu Hasa-7
30.1833, 32.5167distance
Jabal Ataqah-8
29.9961, 32.3075terrain
marsh west of the Bitter Lakes-63
30.3088, 32.1258distance

Name variants

Pi-hahiroth (25)
Pi Hahiroth (9)
Hahiroth (4)
Pi-Hahiroth (2)

References

Topical references

The place on the west shore of the Red Sea where Pharaoh overtook the Israelites — Exodus 14:2; Exodus 14:9; Numbers 33:7; Numbers 33:8

Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.