בְּ/קִרְיַ֤ת
𐤁/𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤕
Qireyat Areba
in Kiriath
A toponym meaning 'City of Arba' or potentially 'City of Four.' Primarily designates an ancient city in the southern hill country, later known as Hebron. The term combines 'city' (qiryah) and the personal name 'Arba' (a prominent Anakite figure), though a secondary folk etymology associates it with the numeral 'four.' The name is used exclusively as a place name in Biblical texts and refers to a specific city of significant ancestral and historical importance for the patriarchal and early Israelite periods.
Nehemiah 11:25 · Word #7
Lexicon H7153
| Lemma | קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏 |
| Transliteration | Qireyat Areba |
| Strong's | H7153 |
| Definition | A toponym meaning 'City of Arba' or potentially 'City of Four.' Primarily designates an ancient city in the southern hill country, later known as Hebron. The term combines 'city' (qiryah) and the personal name 'Arba' (a prominent Anakite figure), though a secondary folk etymology associates it with the numeral 'four.' The name is used exclusively as a place name in Biblical texts and refers to a specific city of significant ancestral and historical importance for the patriarchal and early Israelite periods. |
Morphology HR/Np
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | p — Proper Name — Proper name |
Common Translation
| Phrase | in Kiriath |
SIBI-P1 Translation H7153-02
in City-of-Arba
| Morphological Notes | Preposition בְּ ("in") + proper noun, construct form of a compound place name (feminine singular noun + personal name). |
| Rendering Rationale | The prefixed בְּ is rendered as "in," and קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע is preserved as the compound place name "City-of-Arba," reflecting its etymological components without contextual substitution. This maintains both the prepositional form and the proper toponymic identity. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
in Qireyat Areba
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Proper noun transliterated from Hebrew. P1 meaning: four |