Ἱερουσαλήμ

See also: Ἰερουσαλήμ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • (uncommon) Ῐ̓ερουσᾱλήμ n pl or f sg (Ĭerousālḗm) — biblical
  • Ῐ̔εροσόλῠμᾰ n pl (Hĭerosólŭmă), (uncommon) Ῐ̓εροσόλῠμᾰ n pl (Ĭerosólŭmă), Ῐ̔εροσᾱ́λημᾰ n pl (Hĭerosā́lēmă), Ῐ̔εροσόλῠμος f sg (Hĭerosólŭmos), Ῐ̔ερωσόλῠμος f sg (Hĭerōsólŭmos) — Koine

Etymology

Folk-etymological adaptation of Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ῐ̔ερουσᾱλήμ • (Hĭerousālḗm) n pl or f sg (indeclinable)

  1. (biblical) 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)

Descendants

References

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