Ἱεροσόλυμα
See also: Ιεροσόλυμα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- (uncommon) Ῐ̓εροσόλῠμᾰ n pl (Ĭerosólŭmă), Ῐ̔εροσᾱ́λημᾰ n pl (Hĭerosā́lēmă), Ῐ̔εροσόλῠμος f sg (Hĭerosólŭmos), Ῐ̔ερωσόλῠμος f sg (Hĭerōsólŭmos) — Koine
- Ῐ̔ερουσᾱλήμ (Hĭerousālḗm), (uncommon) Ῐ̓ερουσᾱλήμ (Ĭerousālḗm) — biblical
Etymology
Partial phono-semantic matching of Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim) with ῐ̔ερός (hĭerós, “sacred; holy”).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)i.e.roˈso.ly.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.e.roˈso.ly.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.e.roˈso.ly.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.e.roˈso.li.ma/
Proper noun
Ῐ̔εροσόλῠμᾰ • (Hĭerosólŭmă) n pl (genitive Ῐ̔εροσολῠ́μων); second declension
- (Koine) Jerusalem (a city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine)
Declension
| Case / # | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | τᾰ̀ Ῐ̔εροσόλῠμᾰ tằ Hĭerosólŭmă |
| Genitive | τῶν Ῐ̔εροσολῠ́μων tôn Hĭerosolŭ́mōn |
| Dative | τοῖς Ῐ̔εροσολῠ́μοις toîs Hĭerosolŭ́mois |
| Accusative | τᾰ̀ Ῐ̔εροσόλῠμᾰ tằ Hĭerosólŭmă |
| Vocative | Ῐ̔εροσόλῠμᾰ Hĭerosólŭmă |
Descendants
- Greek: Ιεροσόλυμα (Ierosólyma)
- Latin: Hierosolyma
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍅𐌼𐌰 (iairusaulwma)
References
- Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1901–1906), “Ἱεροσόλυμα”, in Moschos, Xenofon, transl., Konstantinidis, Michael, editor, Μέγα λεξικόν τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the Greek Language] (overall work in Katharevousa), Athens: Anestis Konstantinidis, translation of original in English, with supplement
- 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
- G2414 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