Lexical Definition

‎קִרְיָתַיִם‎ Qiryâthayim (keer-yaw-thah'-yim) Kiriathaim ^N:N--L
dual of ‎קִרְיָה‎; double city

Kiriathaim, Kirjathaim.

• § Kiriathaim = "two cities"
• Kirjathaim, the name of two placed in Palestine

1) a city east of the Jordan in Moab
2) a town in Naphtali allotted to the Gershonite Levites

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קִרְיָתַ֫יִם‎ proper name, of a location Καριαθαιμ (perhaps double city (dual), yet in general on ‎יִַ֯ם‎ in proper name, of a location see Ges^{«GKC:88c»§ 88c}); —

1. in Moab (MI¹⁰) Jer 48:1 (‎תָ֑יִם‎-), vJer 48:23, so ‎קִיָתָ֑יְמָה‎ Ezek 25:9 Qr (Kt ‎קריתמה‎); Reubenite city according to Num 32:37 (‎תָ֑יִם‎-) Josh 13:9 ‎שָׁוֵה קִרְיָתָ֑יִם‎ Gen 14:5 plain of Kiryathaim (see ‎שָׁוֵה‎); modern †urêyât, approximately 1 1/4 miles southeast from (Mt.) ±A‰‰arus (‎עֲטָרוֺת‎), and 6 3/4 miles north-northwest from Dibon; GASm^{Geogr. 567 f.} Buhl^{Geogr. 267.}

2. Levitical city in Naphtali 1Chr 6:61*, = ‎קַרְתָּן‎ || Josh 21:32 (Θεμμων, ᵐ5^L Καρθαν).

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