What is the Hebrews other name for Jerusalem?

Answer 1

Jerusalem has many Hebrew names. In fact, the Midrash says there are 70 names of Jerusalem - and that's in Jewish sources alone.

Here are some names:

• Salem/Shalem (Gen 14:18)
• Moriah (Gen 22:2)

• Jebus (Judges 19:10) -
• Yerushalayim - the most common name of the city in The Bible
• Rushalimum - Egyptian documents mention this name around 2000-1800 BCE.

• Urusalim - the name given to Jerusalem in the Egyptian Amarna letters, which date back to between 1388-1332 BCE.

• Ursalimmu - is how Sennacherib referred to the city in 701 BCE.
• Ir Ha'Emet (Zech 8:3) - City of Truth
• Kiryah Ne'emanah (Is 1:25) - Faithful City
• Kiriyah Aliza (Is 22:2) - Joyful City
• Gai Hizayon (Is 22:1) - Valley of Vision
• Ariel (Is 29:1) - Lion of God (This is also the name of a modern Israeli city.)
• Kiryat Hannah David (Is 29:1) - City of David's Camp
• Drushah (Is 62:12) - Desired one
• Gilah (Is 65:18) - Joy
• Tzur Hamishor (Jer 21:13) - The Rock of the Plain
• Neveh Zedek (Jer 31:22) - Dwelling of Righteousness
• Oholivah (Ezek 23:4) - My Tent is in Her
• Ir Ha'Elokeem (Ps 87:2) - City of G-d

Klilat Yoffi (Lam 2:15) - Encompassing Beauty

Answer 2

The Hebrew word for Jerusalem is Yerushalayim (ירושלים).

A city called Rushalimum or Urushalimum (Foundation of Shalem) appears in ancient Egyptian records as the first two references to Jerusalem, in about 2000 BCE and 1330 BCE.

The form Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) first appears in the Bible, in the book of Joshua. This form has the appearance of a combination of Yireh (an abiding place of the fear and the service of G-d) and the original root ש.ל.מ (Sh-L-M).

The meaning of the root ש.ל.מ (Sh-L-M) is thought to refer to either "peace" (Salam or Shalom in modern Arabic and Hebrew) or Shalim, the god of dusk in the Canaanite religion.

Typically the ending -im indicates the plural in Hebrew grammar and -ayim the dual thus leading to the suggestion that the name refers to the fact that the city sits on two hills. However the pronunciation of the last syllable as -ayim appears to be a late development.

Answer 3

Due to a glitch in the New version of wikianswers, Hebrew text cannot be displayed. BUt it can be described letter by letter as yod resh vav shin lamed yod mem-sofit.

Answer 4

"y'ROO-shah-LAH-yim" (ירושלים)

Answer 5

Jerusalem = yerushalayim (ירושלים)