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title: יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם — Jerusalem · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם (3389), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 643 times: Jerusalem. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Jerusalem. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם

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«יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jerusalem** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 643 times · **Key:** 3389 · **BDB:** יְרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ

### Glosses

Jerusalem (474); of.Jerusalem (146); O.Jerusalem (11)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jerusalem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3389/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Jerusalem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3389/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Jerusalem (in Assyrian Urusalim, Tel Amarna, ZimZA, 1891, 252, 254; Ursalimmu, COTGloss.; 𝔊 Ιερουσαλημ; √ and meaning dub.; Rel Ew al. der. from יְרוּשׁ שׁלם possession of peace (or Salem’s possession); Thes al. from יָרָה, i.e. יְרוּ + שָׁלֵם a foundation of peace; GrillZAW, 1884, 134 ff. foundation of Shalem (Sh. = God of peace, = י׳); but name not certainly Hebr.; according to SayceAcad. Feb. 7, 1891, 138; Higher Crit. 176 (opposed by ZimZA, 1891, 263), JastrJBL xi, 1892, 105 = Uru (city) + Salim, n.pr.div.);—usually יְרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ (Qr perpetuum), Jos 10:1 +; יְרוּשָׁלָ֑םִ 1 S 17:54 +; -לַ֫יִם 5 times according to Mas. (vid. FrensdorffMass Magna, 293), viz. Je 26:18 1 Ch 3:5 2 Ch 25:1; 32:9 (c. ה loc.), Est 2:6, (but -לָ֑֫םִ 1 Ch 3:5 van d. H Baer), so Maccab. coins, LevyGesch. d. jüd. Münz. 42f.; c. ה loc. יְרוּשָׁלַ֫מֳה 1 K 10:2 Is 36:2 Ez 8:3; (-לַ֫יְמָה 2 Ch 32:9 supr.); -לָ֑מֳה 2 K 9:28; with prefixes: בִּירו׳ 2 S 9:13 +; לִירו׳ 2 K 18:22 +; מִירו׳ 2 S 15:11 +; וִירו׳ 1 K 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-Ṣedeḳ †Jos 10:1, 3, 5, 23 (all JE), cf. 12:10 (D); inhabited by Jebusites Jos 15:63(×2) (P), Ju 1:21(×2), cf. v 7 (Adoni-Bezek); identif. with יְבוּס Ju 19:10, and הַיְבוּסִי (q.v.) Jos 15:8; 8:28 (both P); captured by Judah Ju 1:8; first named in connexion with David 1 S 17:54†; taken possession of by David as king 2 S 5:6; David’s royal seat v 5, 13, 14; 8:7; 11:1 +; it remained the capital until taken by Nebuchadrezzar, b.c. 588, 2 K 25:1 +; it became the chief home of the returned exiles Ezr 1:11; 2:11 Ne 2:11, 17 +; mentioned S 31 times, K 92 times, Ch 151 times, Ezr 25 times, Ne 38 times, Is1 27 times, Is2, 3 22 times, Je 107 times, Ez 26 times, Zc 41 times, etc.—Vid. also n.pr.loc. יְבוּס, שָׁלֵם.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 35 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3389/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.10/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ חֶבְר֖וֹן אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Jerusalem one the.king of.Hebron one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

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[Psalms 122:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.6/)

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שַׁ֭אֲלוּ שְׁל֣וֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם יִ֝שְׁלָ֗יוּ אֹהֲבָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* ask.for the.peace of.Jerusalem may.they.be.at.ease \[those who\].love.you

*JPS 1917:* Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee.

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