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Kiryat Arba
Kiryat Arba or Qiryat Arba (), lit. "Town of the Four," is an urban Israeli settlement on the outskirts of Hebron, in the Judean Mountains region of the West Bank. It was founded in 1968. In 2012, Kiryat Arba had a population of 7,593.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Localities, Their Population and Additional Information )〕
==Etymology==
Kiryat Arba is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 23) as the place where Abraham buried Sarah. The Book of Joshua chapter 14 verse 15 says (Darby Bible): "Now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-Arba; the great man among the Anakim..."
There are various explanations for the name, not mutually exclusive. According to the great Biblical commentator Rashi, ''Kiryat Arba'' ("Town of ''Arba''") means either the town (''kirya'') of Arba, the giant who had three sons, or the town of the four giants: ''Anak'' (the son of Arba) and his three sons – Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmi – who are described as being the sons of a "giant" in : "On the way through the Negev, they (Joshua and Caleb) came to Hebron where (saw ) Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmi, descendants of the Giant (''ha-anak'')..." Some say that ''Anak'' ("Giant", see Anak) is a proper name (Targum Jonathan and the Septuagint), and that he, ''Anak'', may have been the father of the three others mentioned in the Book of Numbers as living in Hebron, previously known as "Kiryat Arba."
Alternatively, the name may refer to the four couples buried in the Machpela Cave: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah, and according to the Zohar, Adam and Eve.
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