KIRIATH is the st. constr. of Kiriah, the complement of which, -jearim, seems to have fallen out in Jos_18:28, from its resemblance to the word for cities which follows. Therefore we ought probably to read Kiriath-jearim, a reading supported by the LXX [Note: Septuagint.] .
W. Ewing.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
kir?i-ath (קרית, ḳiryath, ?city?; the King James Version Kirjath): Mentioned (Jos_18:28) as a city of Benjamin; has been identified with Ḳuriet el ‛Enab, ?town of grapes,? a prosperous town on the highroad between Jerusalem and Jaffa; it is sometimes spoken of by the inhabitants as Ḳurieh. It is, however, generally thought that Kiriath here stands for KIRIATH-JEARIM (which see). See PEF, III, 132, Sh XVII.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.