Plants
Papyrus גמא
Papyrus is referred to in Exodus 2:3 as the material out of which Moses' mother made a basket to hold the infant Moses when she deposited him on the banks of the Nile. Papyrus is a member of the 'sedge' family. It is used in the making of paper.
Habitat: Africa, Hula Nature Reserve in Israel.
Places
Pithom פתם
Egyptian city where the Israelites had to work as forced laborers (Exodus 1:11), situated south-west of Sukkoth, in north-east delta of the Nile. It was one of the main commercial centers of Egypt. Its location is probably Wadi Tumilat, at Tel el-Maskhuta or Tel er-Retaba. The name may come from the Egyptian word pi tem, the place of crying out”.
Ra'amses רעמסס
The Israelites were forced to help build this store city in the Goshen region (Exodus 1:11; Numbers 33:3), together with Pithom. Scholars have identified Ra'amses at Pelusium, Tanis, Qantir or Heliopolis. However, the Exodus began from Rameses, not Ra'amses (see Genesis 47:11; Exodus 12:37).
