Lexical Definition

‎קִרְיַת סַנָּה‎ Qiryath Çannâh (keer-yath' san-naw') Kiriath-sannah ^N:N--L
or קִרְיַת סֵפֶר Qiryath Çêpher (keer-yath' say-fer); from ‎קִרְיָה‎ and a simpler feminine from the same as ‎סַנְסִן‎, or (for the latter name) ‎סֵפֶר‎; city of branches, or of a book

Kirjath-sannah, Kirjath-sepher.

• § Kirjath-sepher or Kirjath-sannah = "city of the book"
• Kirjath-Sannah or Kirjath-Sepher, a place in Palestine

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

Extended Information

name of: דְּבִיר

• Kirjath-sepher or Kirjath-sannah = "city of the book"
• Another name of de.vir (‎ד‎ְּ‎ב‎ִ‎יר‎ "Debir" דְּבִיר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קִרְיַתסֵֿ֫פֶר‎ proper name, of a location πόλις(τῶν)γραμμάτων, + (ᵐ5^B Judg 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); — Josh 15:15; Josh 15:16; Judg 1:11; Judg 1:12 another name is ‎סַֿנָּה‎‎׳‎‎ק‎ Josh 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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