Kiriath-Sannah

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kir-i-ath-san´a (קרית סנּה, ḳiryath ṣannāh; the King James Version Kirjath Sannah):

In Joshua 15:49 it is called “Debir,” and is identical with Kiriath-Sepher (which see). As πόλις γραμμάτων, pólis grammátōn, “city of books,” is the reading in Septuagint, the most natural explanation is that סנּה, ṣannāh, is a copyist's error for ספר, ṣepher, 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.”

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