English: What is “Kiryat Arba”? Rabbi Yitzchak said: [It is named for] couples — Adam and Chava, Avraham and Sarah, Yitzchak and Rivkah, Yaakov and Leah.
On the daf / in context: Eruvin 53a discusses the name Kiryat Arba in connection with the four pairs buried in the Me’aras HaMachpelah. The name is taken as referring to the couples who would rest there, including the future ones.
Type of Learning
Custom (Bavli — name interpretation by pairs)
What Is Learned
Kiryat Arba is explained as the city of the four couples who are (or will be) buried in the Cave of Machpelah. The place-name itself anticipates the patriarchal and matriarchal pairs.