Yigal:

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Yigal Levin <[email protected]> wrote:

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> George, I know you disagree, but my feeling is that "City of David"
>  refers only to the citadel, not to the entire city. In this case (only…)
> Jim may be correct – that the normal way to say "city of…" in Hebrew is
> "Qiryat…". ****
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> Yigal Levin
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You’re right that the “City of David” referred only to the citadel, as can
be seen in 2 Samuel 5:7, 9.

Jim Stinehardt is wrong—“City of David” is written עיר דוד (YR DWD in 2
Samuel 5:7, 9, 6:10, 12, 16, 12:27, 1 Kings 3:1, 11:27, Isaiah 22:9.

Karl W. Randolph.
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