פִּי הַחִירֹת
Pîy ha-Chîyrôth · pee hah-khee-roth'
Pi-ha-Chiroth, a place in Egypt
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6310 (פֶּה) and the feminine plural of a noun (from the same root as H2356 (חוֹר)), with the article interpolated; mouth of the gorges;
Pi-ha-Chiroth, a place in Egypt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Pi-hahiroth. (In Numbers 14:19 without Pi-.)
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to separate and protect › the hand that works › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign
To speak, the word of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to separate and protect of the hand that works of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פִּי הַחִירֹת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- pihahiroth2 · 50%
- beside pihahiroth1 · 25%
- unto pihahiroth1 · 25%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.