Ἱερουσαλήμ

See also: Ἰερουσαλήμ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἱεροσάλημα (Hierosálēma), Ῐ̔εροσόλυμᾰ (Hierosóluma), Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), Ἰεροσόλυμα (Ierosóluma)

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.e.ru.saˈlim/ → /i.e.ru.saˈlim/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.e.ru.saˈlim/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.e.ru.saˈlim/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.e.ru.saˈlim/

Proper noun

Ἱερουσᾱλήμ • (Hierousālḗm) f or n pl (indeclinable)

1. Jerusalem

Descendants

• → Greek: Ιερουσαλήμ (Ierousalím)
• → English: Jerusalem
• → Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌼 (iairusalēm)
• → Latin: Hierūsalēm
  • → French: Jérusalem
• → Coptic: ϩⲓⲉⲣⲟⲩⲥⲁⲗⲏⲙ (hierousalēm)

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2419 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014