H7178

קַרְתָּן

qar.tanN:N--L

Kartan

Kartan = "two cities" 1) a town in Naphtali allotted to the Gershonite Levites 1a) also 'Kirjathaim'

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

קִרְיָתַ֫יִם proper name, of a location Καριαθαιμ (perhaps double city (dual), yet in general on יִַ֯ם in proper name, of a location see Ges^{«GKC:88c»§ 88c}); —

1. in Moab (MI¹⁰) Jer 48:1 (תָ֑יִם-), vJer 48:23, so קִיָתָ֑יְמָה Ezek 25:9 Qr (Kt קריתמה); Reubenite city according to Num 32:37 (תָ֑יִם-) Josh 13:9 שָׁוֵה קִרְיָתָ֑יִם Gen 14:5 plain of Kiryathaim (see שָׁוֵה); modern †urêyât, approximately 1 1/4 miles southeast from (Mt.) ±A‰‰arus (עֲטָרוֺת), and 6 3/4 miles north-northwest from Dibon; GASm^{Geogr. 567 f.} Buhl^{Geogr. 267.}

2. Levitical city in Naphtali 1Chr 6:61, = קַרְתָּן || Josh 21:32 (Θεμμων, ᵐ5^L Καρθαν).

1 occurrence

Joshua 21:32