יֲרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ, 
יְרוּשָׁלַ֫יִם 644 proper name, of a location Jerusalem (in Assyrian 
Urusalim, Tel Amarna, Zim
ZA, 1891, 252, 254; 
Ursalimmu, COT
Glossary; 
 Ιερουσαλημ
 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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