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kir-i-ath-san´a (×¡× Ö¼×” קרית, kÌ£iryath sÌ£annaÌ„h; the King James Version Kirjath Sannah): In it is called “Debir,†and is identical with KIRIATH-SEPHER (which see). As ποÌλις γÏαμμαÌτων, poÌlis grammaÌtoÌ„n, “city of books,†is the reading in Septuagint, the most natural explanation is that ×¡× Ö¼×”, sÌ£annaÌ„h, is a copyist's error for ספר, sÌ£epher, but Sayce considers this an ancient Canaanite name meaning “city of instruction,†and that it occurs in the Tell el-Amarna Letters in the form “Bit' sani.â€