Khirbet Qumran

or Khir·bet Qûm·ran

[ keer-bet koom-rahn ]

/ ˈkɪər bɛt ˈkʊm rɑn /

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noun

an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.

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How to use Khirbet Qumran in a sentence

These words are commonly spelt in English tell and khirbet (less correctly khurbet ) and we use these more familiar forms here.
How to Observe in Archaeology|Various
The people named it Khirbet Sellim, (Sellim in ruin) but how could all this cheerful scene belong to a ruin?
Byeways in Palestine|James Finn
A khirbet is a field of ruins in which there is little or no stratification.
How to Observe in Archaeology|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Khirbet Qumran

Khirbet Qumran

/ (ˈkɪəbɛt ˈkʊmrɑːn) /

noun

an archaeological site in NW Jordan, near the NW shore of the Dead Sea: includes the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found

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