Lexicon
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם
ye.ru.sha.lem
H3390
N:N--L Hebrew

Jerusalem

26
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

ye.ru.sha.lem is the proper name of the city named as the location of the house of God, its rebuilding, and journeys to it.

The term consistently functions as a proper place-name: the city is identified as the setting of the house of God and its rebuilding, as a destination for people and vessels, and as a city addressed in royal correspondence.

Senses in use

  1. Proper name of a city · dominant

    The form is tagged Noun · Proper in every cited occurrence and marks a city in concrete location relations. In Ezra 5:15 the APB renders the command to place vessels in the temple located there, while Ezra 7:13 renders people being permitted to go there; Ezra 4:12 presents it as the city whose walls and foundations are being worked on.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB normally presents the proper noun as “Jerusalem,” especially in clauses locating the house of God, royal rule, or travel. Daniel 6:11 does not display the city name in the supplied APB wording, so the translation does not isolate the term in every verse.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture