Difference between revisions of "Kir-Hareseth; Kir-Heres"

 

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<p> ''''' kûr ''''' - ''''' har´ḗ ''''' - ''''' seth ''''' , - ''''' ha ''''' - ''''' rē´seth ''''' ( קיר־חרשׂת , <i> ''''' ḳı̄r ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' ḥăresh ''''' </i> , &nbsp; Isaiah 16:7; in &nbsp;2 Kings 3:25 the King James Version reads Kir-haraseth (pausal form)); ( חרשׂ קיר , <i> ''''' ḳı̄r ''''' </i> <i> ''''' ḥeres ''''' </i> , &nbsp;Jeremiah 48:31 , &nbsp;Jeremiah 48:36; in &nbsp;Isaiah 16:11 the King James Version reads Kir-haresh (pausal form)): Modern scholars unanimously identify this city with [[Kir]] of Moab. In Jehoram's invasion of [[Moab]] it alone withstood his attack; and on the city wall the king of Moab sacrificed his son (&nbsp; 2 Kings 3:25 ff). It was obviously the capital, i.e. Kir Moab. The name is generally taken to mean "city of the sun." Cheyne, however, points out ( <i> EB </i> , under the word): (1) that this explanation was unknown to the ancients; (2) that"kir" is nowhere suposed to mean "city," except in the compound names <i> ''''' Ḳir ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' ḥeres ''''' </i> , <i> ''''' Ḳir ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' ḥareseth ''''' </i> , and <i> ''''' Ḳir ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Moab ''''' </i> ; (3) that <i> ''''' ḥeres ''''' </i> , "sun," nowhere has a feminine ending, and (4) that &nbsp;Isaiah 16:7 (Septuagint and Aquila.) indicates <i> ''''' d ''''' </i> and not <i> ''''' r ''''' </i> in the second part of the name (Δέσεθ , <i> ''''' Déseth ''''' </i> ). He suggests, therefore, that we should possibly read הדשׁה קרית , <i> ''''' ḳiryath ''''' </i> <i> ''''' ḥădhāshāh ''''' </i> , "new city." </p>

 

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