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qᵊʿīlā קְעִילָה ‘Keilah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: perhaps from qālaʿ קָלַע ‘to sling / to carve’ in the sense of inclosing
Roots: קלע

qᵊʿīlā pr n loc
Keilah = "fortress"
1) a city in the lowlands of Judah northwest of Hebron

Mentioned in Joshua 15:44 1 Samuel 23:6, 23:3, 23:5, 23:8, 23:12, 23:13, 23:2, 23:10, 23:7, 23:11, 23:1, 23:4 Nehemiah 3:18, 3:17 1 Chronicles 4:19

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