יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם

Strong’s Definition

Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

Etymology & 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;

KJV Usage

Jerusalem.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.the chief city of palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of judah after the split

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉrûwshâlaim; Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im