How to Pronounce Kiriath-jearim
KIR-ee-ath-jeh-ah-REEM
Kiriath-jearim is pronounced KIR-ee-ath-jeh-ah-REEM: six syllables, stress on the first and sixth. Also heard: KEER-ee-ath-JEE-uh-rim.
What does Kiriath-jearim mean?
Kiriath-jearim means “city of forests” (Hebrew).
Where was Kiriath-jearim?
Kiriath-jearim is a variant spelling of Kirjathjearim, one of the four Gibeonite cities named with Gibeon, Chephirah and Beeroth (Joshua 9:17). Its men fetched up the ark of the LORD into the house of Abinadab (1 Samuel 7:1), where it abode twenty years (1 Samuel 7:2).
Also pronounced
KEER-ee-ath-JEE-uh-rim
Names nearby
Kiriatharba · kihr-ee-ath-AHR-buhKiriath-arim · KEER-ee-ath-AIR-imKiriath Baal · KEER-ee-ath-BAY-uhlKiriath Huzoth · KEER-ee-ath-HEW-zahthKiriathiarius · KEER-ee-ath-ee-AIR-ee-uhsKiriath Sannah · KEER-ee-ath-SAN-uhKiriath-sepher · Kir-ee-ath-SAY-ferKirioth · KEER-ee-ahthKirjath · KEER-jathKirjathaim · KEER-juh-THAY-im