Genesis 23:2
וַ תָּמָת שָׂרָה בְּ קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הִוא חֶבְרֹון בְּ אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַ יָּבֹא אַבְרָהָם לִ סְפֹּד לְ שָׂרָה וְ לִ בְכֹּתָהּ
And ContentiousWoman is dying in Meeting-City of the Four,778 himself is League,779 in the earth of Humbled, and Father-of-Tumult is coming in to lament780 to ContentiousWoman, and to bewail her.
| 778 | Jerusalem. Strong’s #7153, Qiryah Arba. Qiryah (#7151) is a specific word for “city” derived from the verb to meet, encounter (#7136). It can also mean connect as it is used for rafters/beams, i.e. joinery, which connect two sides to create a roof (2 Chron. 34:11, Neh. 2:8, Ps. 104:3). “as meeting-place of men” – BDB. The signification is more towards a city hall, townhall, capitol, or meeting place within a city, contrasting with the Hebrew iyr (#5892) which is the standard word for city. |