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Strong's #7158 - קִרְיַת סֵפֶר

Transliteration
Qiryath Çannâh
Phonetics
keer-yath' san-naw', keer-yath' say'-fer
Origin
from (H7151) and a simpler fem. from the same as (H5577), or (for the latter name) (H5612)
Parts of Speech
Neuter
TWOT
None
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Kirjath-sepher or Kirjath-sannah = “city of the book”

1) a town in the mountains of Judah to the west of Hebron

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (5)
Joshua 3
2
NAS (5)
Joshua 3
2
HCS (5)
Joshua 3
2
BSB (5)
Joshua 3
2
ESV (5)
Joshua 3
2
WEB (5)
Joshua 3
2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 קִרְיַתסֵֿ֫פֶר proper name, of a location πόλις(τῶν)γραμμάτων, + (ᵐ5 B Judges 1:11) Καριασσωφαρ: ancient name of דְּבִיר (see II. ׳ד 2 c) (perhaps סֹֿפֵר׳ק scribe-town, compare ᵐ5 above also ᵑ6 and Egyptian Bai-ti¾u-pa-ïra, house of scribe, WMM As.u.Eur.174 Buhl Geogr.274, compare GFM Ju); — Joshua 15:15,16; Judges 1:11,12; another name is סַֿנָּה׳ק Joshua 15:49 (but ᵐ5 πόλις γραμμάτων, hence read perhaps סֿפר׳ק, so Steuern), in southern Judah; on site (probably Dhoherîye, 5 hours southwest from Hebron) see II. דְּבִיר 2 c and Buhl Geogr.164.


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List of Word Forms
סֵ֖פֶר סֵֽפֶר׃ סַנָּ֖ה סנה ספר ספר׃ san·nāh sanNah sannāh sê·p̄er Sefer sêp̄er
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