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title: קְרִיּוֹת — Kerioth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קְרִיּוֹת (7152), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Kerioth. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קְרִיּוֹת

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«קְרִיּוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Kerioth** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7152 · **BDB:** קְרִיּוֹת

### Glosses

Kerioth (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Kerioth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7152/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7152/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (formed as pl. intens. from קִרְיָה?);— in Judah Jos 15:25 (αἱ πόλεις; whence, as supposed, Judas אִישׁ קְרִיּוֹת), perhaps Ḳaryatên, c. 12 m. S. of Hebron, BuhlGeogr. 182. in Moab, Καριωθ, αἱ πόλεις; MI13 קרית: Je 48:24, הַקּ׳ v 41 Am 2:2; perhaps = Ραββαθ Μωαβ = Μοαβ = Αρεοπολις (Euseb., v. LagOnom. 227, 60 al.), mod. Rabba, c. 11 m. S. of Arnon, cf. BuhlGeogr. 270.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קְרִיּוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7152/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.25/)

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וְחָצ֤וֹר ׀ חֲדַתָּה֙ ׀ חָצ֤וֹר ׀ חֲדַתָּה֙ וּקְרִיּ֔וֹת חֶצְר֖וֹן הִ֥יא חָצֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and Hazor Hadattah and Kerioth Hezron that \[is\].Hazor

*JPS 1917:* and Hazor, and Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron — the same is Hazor;

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[Jeremiah 48:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.24/)

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וְעַל־קְרִיּ֖וֹת וְעַל־בָּצְרָ֑ה וְעַ֗ל כָּל־עָרֵי֙ אֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֔ב הָרְחֹק֖וֹת וְהַקְּרֹבֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and on Kerioth and on Bozrah and on all the.cities of.the.land of.Moab (the) far and (the) near

*JPS 1917:* and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

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