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title: קִרְיָה — city · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: קִרְיָה (lemma:קִרְיָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 9 times: city. BDB 1906: n.f. city. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קִרְיָה

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«קִרְיָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **city** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** lemma:קִרְיָה · **BDB:** קִרְיָה

### Glosses

the (7); \[is\].a.city (1); the.city (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

city [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b4_5e8_5b0_5d9_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. city [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b4_5e8_5b0_5d9_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** \-ָא, n.f. city (𝔗 Syriac; S-C A 9 + קריה; v. BH, √ קרה; also Nö Beitr. 62);—abs. ה—ָ Ezr 4:10, א—ָ v 15; emph. קִרְיְתָא v 12, 13, 15(×2), 16, 19, 21

### Jastrow 1903

קִרְיָה II: townsman, villager [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b4_5e8_5b0_5d9_5b8_5d4/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (= קִרְיָאָה, v. קוּרְיָיאָה a. קִרְיָיא)townsman, villager. Gen. R. s. 18 (ref. to Gen. II, 22) טבוי לק׳ דמלכא שושביניה lucky is the townsman whose groomsman is the king (‘Rashi’ טבות לקרתא דמלכא שושבינה); Yalk. ib. 24 טובוי לקי׳.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קִרְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b4_5e8_5b0_5d9_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.21/)

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כְּעַן֙ שִׂ֣ימוּ טְּעֵ֔םלְבַטָּלָ֖א גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֑ךְ וְקִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ לָ֣א תִתְבְּנֵ֔א עַד־מִנִּ֖י טַעְמָ֥א יִתְּשָֽׂם׃

*Word for word:* now make a.decree to make.to.cease the men these and the city this not it.will.be.built until from me the decree it.will.be.made

*JPS 1917:* Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.

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[Ezra 4:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.10/)

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וּשְׁאָ֣ר אֻמַּיָּ֗א דִּ֤י הַגְלִי֙ אָסְנַפַּר֙ רַבָּ֣א וְיַקִּירָ֔א וְהוֹתֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ בְּקִרְיָ֖ה דִּ֣י שָׁמְרָ֑יִן וּשְׁאָ֥ר עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֖ה וּכְעֶֽנֶת׃

*Word for word:* and the.rest of the.nations which he.took.into.exile Osnappar (the) great and (the) honorable and he.caused.to.dwell them in the.city (diy).of Samaria and the.rest of.the.region.beyond the river and now

*JPS 1917:* and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asenappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and the rest that are in the country beyond the River: — 'And now —

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