HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7177
קַרְתָּה
qar.tah — Kartah
Kartah = "city" a town in Zebulun allotted to the Merarite Levites Another name of qit.ron (קִטְרוֹן "Kitron" H7003)
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Kartah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
City, a town in the tribe of Zebulun assigned to the Levites of the family of Merari (Josh. 21:34). It is identical with Kattath (19:15), and perhaps also with Kitron (Judg. 1:30).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.