From qarah in the sense of building; a city -- city.
see HEBREW qarah
H7176. qereth
[קֶ֫רֶת] noun feminine town, city (late poetry) (compare Phoenician חדשת קרת proper name, of a location in Cyprus, also = Carthage, and perhaps Cirta, Tigranocerta; compare Thes); — always קָ֑רֶת; — of Job's city, Job 29:7; indefinite Proverbs 8:3; 9:3, 14; city as a corporate body of men 11:11.