קִרְיַת סַנָּה
Qiryath Çannâh · keer-yath' san-naw'
Kirjath-Sannah or Kirjath-Sepher, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: or קִרְיַת סֵפֶר; from H7151 (קִרְיָה) and a simpler feminine from the same as H5577 (סַנְסִן), or (for the latter name) H5612 (סֵפֶר); city of branches, or of a book;
Kirjath-Sannah or Kirjath-Sepher, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Kirjath-sannah, Kirjath-sepher.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › to support and uphold › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign that works to support and uphold of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קִרְיַת סַנָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was kirjathsepher2 · 40%
- kirjathsepher2 · 40%
- and kirjathsannah1 · 20%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.