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יֲרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ, יְרוּשָׁלַ֫יִם644 proper name [of a location] Jerusalem (in Assyrian Urusalim, Tel Amarna, ZimZA, 1891, 252, 254; Ursalimmu, COTGlossary; ᵐ5 Ιερουσαλημ; √ and meaning dubious; Rel Ew and others derive from יְרוּשׁ שׁלם possession of peace (or Salem's possession); Thes and others from יָרָה, i.e. יְרוּ + שָׁלֵם a foundation of peace; GrillZAW, 1884, 134 ff. foundation of Shalem (Shalem = God of peace, = ׳ י); but name not certainly Hebrew; according to SayceAcad. Feb. 7, 1891, 138; Higher Crit. 176 (opposed by ZimZA. 1891, 263), JastrJBL xi, 1892, 185 = Uru (city) + Salim, proper name, of divinity); — usually יְרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ ( Qr perpetuum ), Josh 10:10 +; יְרוּשָׁלָ֑םִ 1Sam 17:54 +; לַ֫יִם- 5 t. according to Masora (see FrensdorffMass. Magna, 293), namely Jer 26:18; 1Chr 3:5; 2Chr 25:1; 2Chr 32:9 (with ה locative), Esth 2:6, (but לָ֑֫םִ- 1Chr 3:5 van d. H Baer), so Maccabean coins, LevyGeschichte. d. jüd. Münz. 42 f.; with ה locative יְרוּשָׁלַ֫מֳה 1Kgs 10:2; Isa 36:2; Ezek 8:3 ( לַ֫יְמָה- 2Chr 32:9 above); לָ֑מֳה- 2Kgs 9:28 with prefixes: ׳ בִּירו 2Sam 9:13 +; ׳ לִירו 2Kgs 18:22 +; ׳ מִירו 2Sam 15:11 +; ׳ וִירו 2Kgs 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 Josh 10:1; Josh 10:3; Josh 10:5; Josh 10:23 (all J E ), compare Josh 12:10 ( D ); inhabited by Jebusites Josh 15:63 (twice in verse) ( P ), Judg 1:21 (twice in verse), compare Judg 1:7 (Adoni-Bezek); identification with יְבוּס Judg 19:10, and הַיְבוּסִי (q. v.) Josh 15:8; Josh 18:28 (both P ); captured by Judah Judg 1:8 first named in connection with David 1Sam 17:54 ; taken possession of by David as king 2Sam 5:6 David's royal seat 2Sam 5:5 2Sam 5:13 2Sam 5:14; 2Sam 8:7; 2Sam 11:1 +; it remained the capital until taken by Nebuchadrezzar, B.C. 588, 2Kgs 25:1 +; it became the chief home of the returned exiles Ezra 1:11; Ezra 2:11; Neh 2:11; Neh 2:17 +; mentioned Samuel 31 t., Kings 92 t., Chronicles 151 t., Ezra 25 t., Nehemiah 38 t., Isa1 27 t., Isa2,3 22 t., Jer 107 t., Ezek 26 t., Zech 41 t., etc. — See also proper name, of a location יְבוּס, שָׁלֵם.