Khirbet
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khirbet, ending with a -t, is the conjunctive form "ruin of" (خربة), from the Arabic word for "ruin" or "ruin on a hill" (خرب). Consequently the term is found as the first part of many place-names in the Middle East.
Some examples:
- Khirbet Abu Falah
- Khirbet al-Deir
- Khirbet al-Malih
- Khirbet Beit Lei
- Khirbet el-Qom
- Khirbat en-Nahas
- Khirbet Kefireh
- Khirbet Munhata
- Khirbet Qeiyafa
- Khirbet Qumran
- Khirbet Safa
- Khirbet Selm
- Khirbet Sharta
- Khirbet Tibnah
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