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qiryat-sēfer קִרְיַת־סֵ֫פֶר ‘Kirjath-sepher’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from qiryā קִרְיָה ‘town’ and from the same as sansinnīm סַנְסִנִּים ‘fruit-stalk’, or sēfer סֵ֫פֶר ‘scroll / book’
Roots: קריה סנסן ספר

qiryat-sēfer pr n loc
Kirjath-sepher or Kirjath-sannah = "city of the book"
1) a town in the mountains of Judah to the west of Hebron

Mentioned in Joshua 15:15, 15:16, 15:49 Judges 1:11, 1:12

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