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Lexicon :: Strong's H3389 - yᵊrûšālam

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יְרוּשָׁלַם
Transliteration
yᵊrûšālam
Pronunciation
yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A dual (in allusion to its two main hills [the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשְׁלֵם (H3390)]), probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה (H3384) and שָׁלַם (H7999)
Strong’s Definitions

יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im; rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yᵉrûwshâlayim; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine:—Jerusalem.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 643x

The KJV translates Strong's H3389 in the following manner: Jerusalem (643x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 643x
The KJV translates Strong's H3389 in the following manner: Jerusalem (643x).
  1. Jerusalem = "teaching of peace"

    1. the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im; rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yᵉrûwshâlayim; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine:—Jerusalem.
STRONGS H3389: Abbreviations
יֲרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ, יְרוּשָׁלַ֫יִם 644 proper name, of a location Jerusalem (in Assyrian Urusalim, Tel Amarna, ZimZA, 1891, 252, 254; Ursalimmu, COTGlossary; Greek Version of the LXX 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; GrillZAW, 1884, 134 ff. foundation of Shalem (Shalem = God of peace, = י׳); but name not certainly Hebrew; according to SayceAcad. Feb. 7, 1891, 138; Higher Crit. 176 (opposed by ZimZA. 1891, 263), JastrJBL 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 FrensdorffMass. 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, LevyGeschichte. 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-ṢedekJoshua 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

10:1; 10:3; 10:5; 10:10; 10:23; 12:10; 15:8; 15:63; 18:28

Judges

1:7; 1:8; 1:21; 19:10

1 Samuel

17:54; 17:54

2 Samuel

5:5; 5:6; 5:13; 5:14; 8:7; 9:13; 11:1; 15:11

1 Kings

10:2

2 Kings

9:28; 18:22; 23:1; 25:1

1 Chronicles

3:5; 3:5

2 Chronicles

25:1; 32:9; 32:9

Ezra

1:11; 2:11

Nehemiah

2:11; 2:17

Esther

2:6

Isaiah

36:2

Jeremiah

26:18

Ezekiel

8:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3389 matches the Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַם (yᵊrûšālam),
which occurs 38 times in 34 verses in 'Neh' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:2 - that Hanani, one of my brothers, and [fn]some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped and remain from the captivity, and about Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - They said to me, “The remnant there in the province who remain from the captivity are in great calamity and reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem H3389 is broken down and its gates are burned with fire.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:11 -

So I came to Jerusalem H3389 and was there three days.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:12 - And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God was putting into my heart to do for Jerusalem H3389; and there was no animal with me except the animal on which I was riding.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:13 - So I went out at night by the Valley Gate in the direction of the Dragon’s Spring and on to the [fn]Dung Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem H3389 which were broken down and its gates which were consumed by fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17 -

Then I said to them, “You see the calamity we are in, that Jerusalem H3389 lies waste and its gates burned by fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem H3389 so that we will no longer be a reproach.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:20 - So I responded to them with a word and said to them, “The God of heaven will give us success; therefore we His slaves will arise and build, but you have no portion, right, or remembrance in Jerusalem H3389.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8 - Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the goldsmiths made repairs. And next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they restored Jerusalem H3389 as far as the Broad Wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:9 - Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, the official of half the district of Jerusalem H3389, made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:12 - Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the official of half the district of Jerusalem H3389, made repairs, he and his daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 -

[fn]Now it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the [fn]repair of the walls of Jerusalem H3389 went on, and that the places broken down began to be closed, they were very angry.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:8 - All of them joined together to come and fight against Jerusalem H3389 and to cause a disturbance in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:22 - At that time I also said to the people, “Let each man with his young man spend the night within Jerusalem H3389 so that they may be a guard for us by night and a worker by day.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:7 -

“You have also [fn]set up prophets to call out in Jerusalem H3389 concerning [fn]you, ‘A king is in Judah!’ So now it will be heard by the king according to these words. So now, come, let us take counsel together.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:2 - that I commanded Hanani my brother and Hananiah the commander of the fortress, to be over Jerusalem H3389, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - Then I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem H3389 must not be opened until the sun is hot; and until they are there standing guard, they must shut and bolt the doors. Also have guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem H3389 stand, each at his post, and each in front of his own house.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:6 -

These are the [fn]people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken away into exile, and who returned to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah, each to his city,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15 - and that they should make the report heard and make a proclamation of it pass throughout all their cities and in Jerusalem H3389, saying, “Go out to the hills, and bring olive branches and [fn]wild olive branches, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:1 -

And the officials of the people lived in Jerusalem H3389, but the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem H3389, the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:2 - And the people blessed all the men who freely offered to live in Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:3 -

Now these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem H3389, but in the cities of Judah each lived in his own possession in their cities[fn]the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the [fn]temple servants, and the sons of Solomon’s servants.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:4 - And some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem H3389. From the sons of Judah:

Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, from the sons of Perez;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:6 -

All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem H3389 were 468 valiant men.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:22 -

Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem H3389 was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from the sons of Asaph, who were the singers [fn]over the work of the house of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 -

Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem H3389 they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem H3389 so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps and lyres.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:28 - So the sons of the singers were gathered from the district around Jerusalem H3389 and from the villages of the Netophathites,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:29 - from Beth-gilgal and from their fields in Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43 - and on that day they offered great sacrifices and were glad because God had given them great gladness, even the women and children were glad, so that the gladness of Jerusalem H3389 was heard from afar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:6 - But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem H3389, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had gone to the king. After some time, however, I asked leave from the king,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:7 - and I came to Jerusalem H3389 and discerned the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, by preparing a chamber for him in the courts of the house of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:15 -

In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, and they brought them into Jerusalem H3389 on the sabbath day. So I testified against them on the day they sold food.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:16 - Also men of Tyre were living [fn]there who brought in fish and all kinds of merchandise, and sold them to the sons of Judah on the sabbath, even in Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:19 -

Now it happened that just as it grew dark at the gates of Jerusalem H3389 before the sabbath, I said the word, and the doors were shut. Then I said that they should not open them until after the sabbath. Then I had some of my young men stand at the gates so that no load would enter on the sabbath day.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:20 - Once or twice the traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem H3389.
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