Exodus 14:2:8Exod.14.2.W8TAB

הַחִירֹ֔ת

hakhirot

Hahiroth

Transliteration
ha-khi-ROT
Extended
hah-khee-ROHT
IPA
/ha.ħiː.ˈroːθ/

Meaning by language

English
Hahiroth

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + חִי + רֹ֔ת
ha + khi + rot
hakhirot

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-khi-ROT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    PI ha-khi-ROT

  3. clause

    da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-ya-SHU-vu ve-ya-kha-NU lif-NEI PI ha-khi-ROT BEIN mig-DOL u-VEIN ha-YAM

  4. sentence

    da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-ya-SHU-vu ve-ya-kha-NU lif-NEI PI ha-khi-ROT BEIN mig-DOL u-VEIN ha-YAM lif-NEI BA-al tse-FON nikh-KHO ta-kha-NU al-ha-YAM

Exegesis

Two chained locatives—lifnei pi hachirot and bein migdol ubein hayam {לִפְנֵי פִּי הַחִירֹת | li-pnê pî haḥîrōṯ; בֵּין מִגְדֹּל וּבֵין הַיָּם | bēn migdōl u-bēn ha-yām}—identify the pass Pi Hahiroth between Migdol and the sea.

In contextExodus 14:2

Speak to the sons of Israel, and let them turn back and encamp before Pi Hahiroth , between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon; opposite it, you shall encamp by the sea.

About this coordinate

Exodus 14:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 14:2, so the Hebrew word הַחִירֹ֔ת (hakhirot) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.14.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.2.W8.S1) and character.