Kiriath Sannah

In Bible versions:

Kiriath Sannah: NET NIV
Kiriath Sepher: NET NIV
Kiriath-Sannah: AVS TEV
Kiriath-Sepher: AVS TEV
Kiriath-sannah: NRSV NASB
Kiriath-sepher: NRSV NASB

a town of Judah 14 km SW of Hebron

Google Maps: Kiriath-sannah (31° 25´, 34° 58´); Kiriath-sepher (31° 25´, 34° 58´)

Hebrew

Strongs #07158: hno tyrq Qiryath Cannah or rpo tyrq Qiryath Cepher

Kirjath-sepher or Kirjath-sannah = "city of the book"

1) a town in the mountains of Judah to the west of Hebron

7158 Qiryath Cannah keer-yath' san-naw'

or Qiryath Cepher {keer-yath' say-fer}; from 7151 and a
simpler feminine from the same as 5577, or (for the latter
name) 5612; city of branches, or of a book; Kirjath-Sannah or
Kirjath-Sepher, a place in Palestine:-Kirjath-sannah,
Kirjath-sepher.
see HEBREW for 07151
see HEBREW for 05577
see HEBREW for 05612

KIRIATH-SANNAH [ISBE]

KIRIATH-SANNAH - kir-i-ath-san'-a (qiryath sannah; the King James Version Kirjath Sannah): In Josh 15:49 it is called "Debir," and is identical with KIRIATH-SEPHER (which see). Aspolis grammaton, "city of books," is the reading in Septuagint, the most natural explanation is that cannah, is a copyist's error for cepher, but Sayce considers this an ancient Canaanite name meaning "city of instruction," and that it occurs in the Tell el-Amarna Letters in the form "Bit' sani."

KIRIATH-SEPHER [ISBE]

KIRIATH-SEPHER - kir-i-ath-se'-fer (qiryath cepher; translated by many, as if it were Hebrew, as "house of books." Septuagint polis grammaton; the King James Version, Kirjath Sepher; other suggestions have been made: "border-town" (Moore) or "tolltown" (G.A. Smith): In two parallel passages (Josh 15:15 f; Jdg 1:11 f), it is mentioned as identical with DEBIR (which see), which has been frequently identified with edh-Dhaheriyeh. Sayce would place Kiriath-Sepher to the W. of Gath. See P E F S, 1893, 33-35.