[tied] Re: Enclosed Places - qirya:

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham" <richard@...>
wrote:

> Dear Torsten,
>
> Hebrew qirya: 'town' is the correct citation. However, it appears

to come

> from a root *q-r-y, of which the qal (normal) stem qa:ra: 'to meet,

befall'

> and pi`el (intensive) qe:ra: 'to board up, to seal'.
>
> q-r-t doesn't seem to have much representation in Hebrew. All I

could find

> was qeret '(small) town'.

>

The q-r-t root is by memory which also says Phoenician (or Punic).

> I've replied off-list because I don't think there's much interest

in the

> topic, but feel free to post it if you want to.
>

Thanks.

Torsten