יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim · yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390 (יְרוּשָׁלֵם))); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 (יָרָה) and H7999 (שָׁלַם); founded peaceful;
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jerusalem.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The hand that works of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
643 occurrences · 643 OT · 0 NT · 140 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jerusalem147 · 26%
- in jerusalem95 · 17%
- to jerusalem64 · 11%
- jerusalem55 · 10%
- and jerusalem40 · 7%
- at jerusalem37 · 6%
- from jerusalem21 · 4%
- against jerusalem20 · 3%
- unto jerusalem18 · 3%
- and in jerusalem14 · 2%
- upon jerusalem10 · 2%
- o jerusalem9 · 2%
- he in jerusalem5 · 1%
- out of jerusalem5 · 1%
- which is in jerusalem4 · 1%
- them to jerusalem4 · 1%
- him to jerusalem4 · 1%
- over jerusalem3 · 1%
- me in jerusalem3 · 1%
- for jerusalem3 · 1%
- into jerusalem3 · 1%
- sake, and for jerusalem's2 · 0%
- even to jerusalem2 · 0%
- unto him in jerusalem2 · 0%
- which is jerusalem2 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.