How to Pronounce Kirjath

KEER-jath

Kirjath is pronounced KEER-jath (ˈkɪrdʒæθ): two syllables, stress on the first.

What does Kirjath mean?

Kirjath means “city; vocation; meeting”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

What is Kirjath?

City, a city belonging to Benjamin (Josh. 18:28), the modern Kuriet el-‘Enab, i.e., “city of grapes”, about 7 1/2 miles west-north-west of Jerusalem.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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