Lexical Summary Qiryath Sannah or Qiryath Sepher: "city of writing", a city in Judah Original Word: קִרְיַת סַנָּהTransliteration: Qiryath Sannah or Qiryath Sepher Phonetic Spelling: (keer-yath' san-naw') Part of Speech: Proper name Short Definition: "city of writing", a city in Judah Meaning: Kiriath-sepher -- "city of writing", a city in Judah Strong's Concordance Kirjath-sannah, Kirjath-sepher Or Qiryath Cepher {keer-yath' say-fer}; from qiryah and a simpler feminine from the same as cancin, or (for the latter name) cepher; city of branches, or of a book; Kirjath-Sannah or Kirjath-Sepher, a place in Palestine -- Kirjath-sannah, Kirjath-sepher. see HEBREW qiryah see HEBREW cancin see HEBREW cepher Brown-Driver-Briggs H7158. Qiryath Sannah or Qiryath Sepher קִרְיַתסֵֿ֫פֶר proper name, of a location πόλις(τῶν)γραμμάτων, + (ᵐ5B Judges 1:11) Καριασσωφαρ: ancient name of דְּבִיר (see II. ׳ד 2c) (perhaps סֹֿפֵר׳ק scribe-town, compare ᵐ5 above also ᵑ6 and Egyptian Bai-ti¾u-pa-ïra, house of scribe, WMMAs.u.Eur.174 BuhlGeogr.274, compare GFMJu); — 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 2c and BuhlGeogr.164. |
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