STRONGS NUMBER H3389

H3389. Yerushalaim

or Yerushalayim יְרוּשָׁלַ֫יִם יֲרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ,‎₆₄₄

proper name, of a location Jerusalem (in Assyrian Urusalim, Tel Amarna, Zim^{ZA, 1891, 252, 254}; Ursalimmu, COT^Glossary; ᵐ5‎ Ιερουσαλημ; √ and meaning dubious; Rel Ew and others derive from שׁלם יְרוּשׁ‎ 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-5t. 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-‚edek Joshua 10:1, 3, 5, 23 (all J E), compare 12:10 (D); inhabited by Jebusites 15:63 (twice in verse) (P), Judges 1:21 (twice in verse), compare 1:7 (Adoni-Bezek); identification with יְבוּס‎ 19:10, and הַיְבוּסִי‎ (q. v.) Joshua 15:8; 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 5:5; 5:13; 5:14; 8:7; 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; 2:11; Nehemiah 2:11, 17 +; mentioned Samuel 31 t., Kings 92 t., Chronicles 151 t., Ezra 25 t., Nehemiah 38 t., Isa¹27t., Isa^{2, 3}22t., Jeremiah 107 t., Ezekiel 26 t., Zechariah 41 t., etc. — See also proper name, of a location שָׁלֵם יְבוּס,‎.

ירח‎ (√ of following; meaning dubious; according to MV Buhl = ארח‎, of moon as wanderer, so Lag^{BN 46}).