Yerusalem

Malay

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ierusalem, from Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), from Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim).

Proper noun

Yerusalem

1. (Christianity) Jerusalem

Usage notes

Use limited to Christian religious contexts i.e. the Bible, modern fields like geopolitics use Baitulmaqdis and Baitulmuqaddis.

External links

• "Yerusalem" in the corpus of the Alkitab Versi Borneo