יֲרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ,
יְרוּשָׁלַ֫יִם 644 proper name, of a location Jerusalem (in Assyrian
Urusalim, Tel Amarna, Zim
ZA, 1891, 252, 254;
Ursalimmu, COT
Glossary;
Ιερουσαλημ; √ and meaning dubious; Rel Ew and others derive from
יְרוּשׁ שׁלם possession of peace (or
Salem's possession); Thes and others from
יָרָה, i.e.
יְרוּ +
שָׁלֵם a foundation of peace; Grill
ZAW, 1884, 134 ff. foundation of Shalem (Shalem = God of peace, =
י׳); but name not certainly Hebrew; according to Sayce
Acad. Feb. 7, 1891, 138; Higher Crit. 176 (opposed by Zim
ZA. 1891, 263), Jastr
JBL xi, 1892, 185 =
Uru (
city) +
Salim, proper name, of divinity); — usually
יְרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ (
Qr perpetuum),
Joshua 10:10 +;
יְרוּשָׁלָ֑םִ 1 Samuel 17:54 +;
־לַ֫יִם +
5 times according to Masora (see Frensdorff
Mass. Magna, 293), namely
Jeremiah 26:18;
1 Chronicles 3:5;
2 Chronicles 25:1;
32:9 (with
ה locative),
Esther 2:6, (but
לָ֑֫םִ -
1 Chronicles 3:5 van d. H Baer), so Maccabean coins, Levy
Geschichte. d. jüd. Münz. 42 f.; with
ה locative
יְרוּשָׁלַ֫מֳה 1 Kings 10:2;
Isaiah 36:2;
Ezekiel 8:3; (
־לַ֫יְמָה 2 Chronicles 32:9 above);
־לָ֑מֳה 2 Kings 9:28; with prefixes:
בִּירו׳ 2 Samuel 9:13 +;
לִירו׳ 2 Kings 18:22 +;
מִירו׳ 2 Samuel 15:11 +;
וִירו׳ 2 Kings 23:1 +; —
Jerusalem, renowned as capital of all Israel, afterwards of southern kingdom, seat of central worship in temple, first named as city of Canaanite
Adoni-Ṣedek †
Joshua 10:1,
3,
5,
23 (all J E), compare
Joshua 12:10 (D); inhabited by Jebusites
Joshua 15:63 (twice in verse) (P),
Judges 1:21 (twice in verse), compare
Judges 1:7 (Adoni-Bezek); identification with
יְבוּס Judges 19:10, and
הַיְבוּסִי (which see)
Joshua 15:8;
Joshua 18:28 (both P); captured by Judah
Judges 1:8; first named in connection with David
1 Samuel 17:54†; taken possession of by David as king
2 Samuel 5:6; David's royal seat
2 Samuel 5:5;
2 Samuel 5:13;
2 Samuel 5:14;
2 Samuel 8:7;
2 Samuel 11:1 +; it remained the capital until taken by Nebuchadrezzar, B.C. 588,
2 Kings 25:1 +; it became the chief home of the returned exiles
Ezra 1:11;
Ezra 2:11;
Nehemiah 2:11,
17 +; mentioned
Samuel +
31 times,
Kings +
92 times,
Chronicles +
151 times,
Ezra +
25 times,
Nehemiah +
38 times,
Isaiah1 +
27 times,
Isaiah2,3 +
22 times,
Jeremiah +
107 times,
Ezekiel +
26 times,
Zechariah + 41 times, etc. — See also proper name, of a location יְבוּס, שָׁלֵם.
See related Aramaic BDB entry H3390.
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