qir.yat ye.a.rim is the name of a city appearing in boundary records, family listings, and accounts concerning the ark.

The attested forms function as a proper name for a named city: it marks boundary points and city lists, identifies families or inhabitants associated with the place, and locates events involving the ark.

1. Named city in records and narratives · dominant

   All supplied tokens are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the same locality in varied clauses. In Joshua 15:9 the APB renders the boundary as extending to Baalah, identified with the place; in 1 Samuel 7:1 it renders the men of the place bringing the ark to Abinadab's house, while 1 Chronicles 2:53 names families of the place.

   Joshua 15:9Joshua 18:14Joshua 9:171 Chronicles 2:531 Samuel 7:11 Chronicles 13:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB generally presents the proper name as “Kiriath-jearim,” including in boundary, family, and ark narratives. In Joshua 15:60 and Joshua 18:14 it also places the name alongside “Kiriath-baal”.