qiryat ʾarbaʿ קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע ‘Kiriath-arba’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from qiryā קִרְיָה ‘town’ and ʾarbaʿ אַרְבַּע ‘Arba’ or ʾarbaʿ אַרְבַּע ‘four’
Roots:
קריה
ארבע
ארבע
qiryat ʾarbaʿ pr n loc
Kirjath-arba = "city of Arba"
1) early name of the city which after the conquest was called 'Hebron'