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qiryātayim קִרְיָתַ֫יִם ‘Kiriathaim’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: dual of qiryā קִרְיָה ‘town’
Roots: קריה

qiryātayim pr n loc
Kiriathaim = "two cities"
1) a city east of the Jordan in Moab
2) a town in Naphtali allotted to the Gershonite Levites

Mentioned in Genesis 14:5 Numbers 32:37 Joshua 13:19 Jeremiah 48:1, 48:23 Ezekiel 25:9 1 Chronicles 6:61

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Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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