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Pithom. [Pi'thom]


One of the store-cities built by the Israelites for the Pharaoh 'who knew not Joseph.' Ex. 1: 11. It has been identified with Tell Maskhuta, on the west of the Suez Canal, . In these ruins bricks have been found in some of which no straw can be discovered.