Judges Chapter 1 verse 11 Holy Bible
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.)
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And from there he went up against the people of Debir. (Now the name of Debir in earlier times was Kiriath-sepher.)
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From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. The name of Debir was formerly Kir'iath-se'pher.
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And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:
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And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:
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From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.)
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And he goeth thence unto the inhabitants of Debir (and the name of Debir formerly `is' Kirjath-Sepher),
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Debir.--See Joshua 15:15; Joshua 15:49. In Joshua 10:38-39, its conquest is assigned to Joshua. The name means "the oracle." It afterwards became a Levitic town. There seem to have been two other Debirs (Joshua 15:7; Joshua 13:26). This one is identified by Dr. Rosen with Dewirban, near the spring Ain Nunk-r south-west of Hebron.Kirjath-sepher.--The name is curious and interesting. It means "the city of the book," and is rendered in the LXX. by "city of letters." It was also called Kirjath-sannah (Joshua 15:49), which, according to Bochart, means "city of learning." Perhaps, therefore, we may consider that it was a famous centre of Canaanite culture and worship. All further attempts to explain its three names must be purely conjectural. We may compare with it the name of the Egyptian Byblos (Ewald). The LXX. here fall into mere confusion. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewFrom thereמִשָּׁ֔ם (miš·šām)Preposition-m | AdverbStrong's 8033: There, then, thitherthey marchedוַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 1980: To go, come, walkagainstאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, tothe residentsיוֹשְׁבֵ֖י (yō·wō·šə·ḇê)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructStrong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marryof Debirדְּבִ֑יר (də·ḇîr)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 1688: Debir -- an Amorite king, also the name of several places in Palestine(דְּבִ֥יר (də·ḇîr)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 1688: Debir -- an Amorite king, also the name of several places in Palestineformerlyלְפָנִ֖ים (lə·p̄ā·nîm)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 6440: The faceknown asוְשֵׁם־ (wə·šêm-)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 8034: A nameKiriath-sepher).סֵֽפֶר׃ (sê·p̄er)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 7158: Kiriath-sepher -- 'city of writing', a city in JudahJump to PreviousAdvanced Beforetime Debir Earlier Inhabitants Kiriath Kiriath-Sepher Kir'iath-Se'pher Kirjathsepher Kirjath-Sepher Sepher Thence Times
