קֶרֶתqereth

town, city, always קָ֑רֶת (Job 29:7; Proverbs 8:3; Proverbs 9:3; Proverbs 9:14; Proverbs 11:11)

Pronunciation: keh'-reth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7176

Same root

קָרָהqârâh · H7136to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
קַרְתָּהQartâh · H7177Kartah, a place in Palestine
קַרְתָּןQartân · H7178Kartan, a place in Palestine

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

Job 29:7 “Those were the days when I went to the city gate and took my place among the honored leaders.
Proverbs 8:3 By the gates at the entrance to the town, on the road leading in, she cries aloud,
Proverbs 9:3 She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come. She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.
Proverbs 9:14 She sits in her doorway on the heights overlooking the city.
Proverbs 11:11 Upright citizens are good for a city and make it prosper, but the talk of the wicked tears it apart.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).