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קִרְיַת סַנָּה Kirjath-sannah

Every verse in which this name stands — 5 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 1,050×5 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A place in Palestine. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 15:15 and last at Judges 1:12.

Joshua 15:15יהושע טו:טו

וַיַּעַל מִשָּׁם אֶל־יֹשְׁבֵי דְּבִר וְשֵׁם־דְּבִר לְפָנִים קִרְיַת־סֵֽפֶר

And he went up thence against the inhabitants of Debir—now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.

Joshua 15:16יהושע טו:טז

וַיֹּאמֶר כָּלֵב אֲשֶׁר־יַכֶּה אֶת־קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר וּלְכָדָהּ וְנָתַתִּי לוֹ אֶת־עַכְסָה בִתִּי לְאִשָּֽׁה

And Caleb said: ‘He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.’

Judges 1:11שופטים א:יא

וַיֵּלֶךְ מִשָּׁם אֶל־יוֹשְׁבֵי דְּבִיר וְשֵׁם־דְּבִיר לְפָנִים קִרְיַת־סֵֽפֶר

And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir—now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.

Judges 1:12שופטים א:יב

וַיֹּאמֶר כָּלֵב אֲשֶׁר־יַכֶּה אֶת־קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר וּלְכָדָהּ וְנָתַתִּי לוֹ אֶת־עַכְסָה בִתִּי לְאִשָּֽׁה

And Caleb said: ‘He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.’

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Kirjath-sannah?

Kirjath-sannah — קרית ספר in Hebrew — has a gematria of 1,050 in the standard method.

How many times is Kirjath-sannah named in the Tanakh?

5 times, first at Joshua 15:15.

A spelling is not a name. The written word קרית ספר stands 4 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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