בַּעַל צְפוֹןBaʻal Tsᵉphôwn
בַּ֫עַל צְפוֺן: proper name [of a location]: near Red Sea in Egypt (Exodus 14:2; Exodus 14:9; Numbers 33:7)
Pronunciation: bah'-al tsef-one' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1189
Meanings
צְפוֺן: see צִפְיוֺן. below
צְפוֺן: perhaps proper name, of deity
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 14:2 “Order the Israelites to turn back and camp by Pi-hahiroth between Migdol and the sea. Camp there along the shore, across from Baal-zephon.
- Exodus 14:9 The Egyptians chased after them with all the forces in Pharaoh’s army—all his horses and chariots, his charioteers, and his troops. The Egyptians caught up with the people of Israel as they were camped beside the shore near Pi-hahiroth, across from Baal-zephon.
- Numbers 33:7 They left Etham and turned back toward Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and camped near Migdol.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).