קִרְיָ֑ה
𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤄
qireyah
a city
from קָרָה in the sense of flooring, i.e.; building; a city; city.
H7151
Proverbs 29:8 · Word #4
Lexicon H7151
| Lemma | קִרְיָה |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤄 |
| Transliteration | qiryâh |
| Strong's | H7151 |
| In-context | a city |
Morphology HNcfsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | f — Feminine — Feminine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
SIBI-P1 H7151-02
built-up city
| Root | קרה (q-r-h) |
| Core Meanings | to meet, encounter, come together; to lay beams, build, construct |
| Semantic Range | city, town, built settlement, fortified urban center, inhabited place marked by structural development |
| Conceptual Significance | קִרְיָה highlights the idea of an organized, constructed habitation—a settled and structured human community. In biblical thought, such a "built-up city" represents social order, security, and identity, often standing in contrast to wilderness or nomadic existence. |
| Morphological Notes | Common feminine singular noun in the absolute state; no pronominal suffix; derived noun form with -āh ending typical of feminine nouns. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun is feminine singular absolute (HNcfsa), so the rendering is singular with no suffix. By translating it as "built-up city," the English preserves the underlying sense of construction or structural forming associated with the root, rather than using the generic term "city" alone. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root קרה (to meet, encounter, come together; to lay beams, build, construct)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H7147-01 |
beqeri | in hostile encounter |
H4746-01 |
hameqareh | the beam-layer |
H7152-01 |
haqeriot | the Cities |
H7151-01 |
haqireyah | the built-city |
|
leqarot | to befall / to happen upon |
H4745-01 |
miqereh | an encountered event |
|
miqireyah | from a built-city |
H7136-01 |
qarahu | it befell him |
H7176-01 |
qaret | a built-settlement |
H7147-02 |
qeri | a hostile encounter |
H7136-02 |
qeruhu | they were brought-about upon him |
H7157-02 |
qireyat | City-of |
H7156-01 |
qireyatayim | Double City |
H4745-02 |
umiqereh | and an occurrence |
H7136-03 |
vayiqar | and he was met |
H7153-03 |
veqireyat | and City-of |
H7136-04 |
yiqareh | it will befall |
H7136-05 |
yiqereh | it befalls |
Word Usage (29 occurrences of H7151)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers 21:28 | מִ/קִּרְיַ֣ת | miqireyat | from the city of |
| Deuteronomy 2:36 | קִרְיָ֔ה | qireyah | city |
| Deuteronomy 3:4 | קִרְיָ֔ה | qireyah | a city |