HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7741
שָׁוֵה קִרְיָתַיִם
sha.veh qir.ya.ta.yim — Shaveh-kiriathaim
Shaveh Kiriathaim = "plain of the double or two city" the place attacked by Chedorlaomer
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Shaveh-Kiriathaim
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Historical dictionary entry
Plain of Kirja-thaim where Chedorlaomer defeated the Emims, the original inhabitants (Gen. 14:5). Now Kureiyat, north of Dibon, in the land of Moab.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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