Kirjath-huzoth — the meaning of the Hebrew name קִרְיַת חֻצוֹת

קִרְיַת חֻצוֹת

Qiryath Chutsôwth · pronounced keer-yath' khoo-tsoth' · Strong's H7155 · a place

Kirjath-huzoth means city of streets.

Built from

קִרְיָה qiryâh (from, H7151) — a city open in the lexicon ›

חוּץ chûwts (feminine plural of, H2351) — (both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever open in the lexicon ›

from H7151 and the feminine plural of H2351; city of streets; Kirjath-Chutsoth, a place in Moab.

Num 22:39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath–huzoth. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Numbers

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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