How to Pronounce Kirjath Sepher
KEER-jath-SEE-fuhr
Kirjath Sepher is pronounced KEER-jath-SEE-fuhr (ˈkɪrdʒæθˌsiːfə): four syllables, stress on the first and third.
What does Kirjath Sepher mean?
Kirjath Sepher means “city of letters, or of the book”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
What is Kirjath Sepher?
City of books, Josh. 15:15; same as Kirjath-sannah (q.v.), now represented by the valley of ed-Dhaberiyeh, south-west of Hebron. The name of this town is an evidence that the Canaanites were acquainted with writing and books. “The town probably contained a noted school, or was the site of an oracle and the residence of some learned priest.” The “books” were probably engraved stones or bricks.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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