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- DictionaryJe·ru·sa·lem/jəˈro͞os(ə)ləm/
- 1. the holy city of the Jews, sacred also to Christians and Muslims, lying in the Judaean hills about 20 miles (32 km) from the River Jordan; population 763,600 (est. 2008).
Oct 4, 2023 · Jerusalem. holy city in ancient Judea, from Greek Hierousalem, from Hebrew Yerushalayim, literally "foundation of peace," from base of yarah "he threw, cast" + shalom "peace." Jerusalem "artichoke" (1650s) is folk etymology of Italian girasole "sunflower" (see girasole ).
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Jerusalem 뜻: 예루살렘; 고대 유대의 성스러운 도시, 그리스어 Hierousalem에서...
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Jerusalem is situated on the southern spur of a plateau in the Judaean Mountains, which include the Mount of Olives (East) and Mount Scopus (North East). The elevation of the Old City is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft). [325] The whole of Jerusalem is surrounded by valleys and dry riverbeds ( wadis ).
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Our name is spelled mostly ירושלם (Jerusalem) but on rare occasions ירושלים (Jerusalim, namely in 1 Chronicles 3:5, 2 Chronicles 25:1, 32:9, Esther 2:6, Jeremiah 26:18). Jerusalem was built on a hill, which Isaiah calls the Hill of Jerusalem (Isaiah 10:32). In the New Testament, the name Jerusalem curiously occurs in two distinct ...
May 17, 2015 · The origin of al-Quds. The difference between Hebrew "Yerushalaim" and English's "Jerusalem" is tiny compared to the how different they are both from the Arabic name Al-Quds, which has a completely different derivation. When Muslim armies conquered Jerusalem from the Byzantine Empire in 638, they called it "Iliya," a shortened version of the ...
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Jerusalem. Names of Jerusalem refers to the multiple names by which the city of Jerusalem has been known and the etymology of the word in different languages. According to the Jewish Midrash, "Jerusalem has 70 names". [1] Lists have been compiled of 72 different Hebrew names for Jerusalem in Jewish scripture.
Apr 16, 2024 · Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives Etymology [edit] From Late Latin Ierusalem, Hierusalem, from Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim), from a Western Semitic form attested in Ancient Egyptian as
On a deeper level, Yireh Shalem has an alternate meaning: "Complete awe." You see, on a soul level, Jerusalem is not just a patch of hilly earth or a dot on a map. It is that special place within each and every one of us where we are one with G‑d and deeply in tune with His presence. Yireh Shalem (or Jerusalem) therefore means "complete awe ...
