Judges 1:11
And departing from thence he went to the inhabitants of Dabir, the ancient name of which was Cariath-Sepher, that is, the city of letters.
Challoner: The city of lettersPerhaps so called from some famous school, or library, kept there.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- atque inde profectus abiit ad habitatores Dabir, cujus nomen vetus erat Cariath Sepher, id est, civitas litterarum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἐκεῖθεν πρὸς τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Δαβείρ· τὸ δὲ ὄνομα τῆς Δαβεὶρ ἦν ἔμπροσθεν Καριασσῶφαρ, πόλις γραμμάτων.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ מִשָּׁ֔ם אֶל יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י דְּבִ֑יר וְשֵׁם דְּבִ֥יר לְפָנִ֖ים קִרְיַת סֵֽפֶר
Haydock's commentary
The city of letters. Perhaps so called, from some famous school or library kept there. (Challoner)
The explanation, that is, &c., is added by the Vulgate. (Haydock)
Madrid, in Arabic, means "the mother of sciences." (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.