יְרוּשָׁלֵם
Yᵉrûwshâlêm · yer-oo-shaw-lame'
{Jerusalem}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם)
{Jerusalem}
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 יְרוּשָׁלֵם 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
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- which is at jerusalem6 · 23%
- jerusalem3 · 12%
- which is in jerusalem3 · 12%
- to jerusalem2 · 8%
- and jerusalem2 · 8%
- at jerusalem2 · 8%
- unto jerusalem1 · 4%
- that was in jerusalem1 · 4%
- that is in jerusalem1 · 4%
- which are at jerusalem1 · 4%
- is in jerusalem1 · 4%
- of jerusalem1 · 4%
- which was in jerusalem1 · 4%
- which was at jerusalem1 · 4%
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.