Ἱερουσαλήμ
See also: Ἰερουσαλήμ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἱεροσάλημα (Hierosálēma), Ῐ̔εροσόλυμᾰ (Hĭerosólumă), Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), Ἰεροσόλυμα (Ierosóluma)
Etymology
Folk-etymological adaptation of Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim).
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.e.ru.saˈlim/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.e.ru.saˈlim/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.e.ru.saˈlim/
Proper noun
Ἱερουσᾱλήμ • (Hierousālḗm) f or n pl (indeclinable)
Descendants
- → Greek: Ιερουσαλήμ (Ierousalím)
- → Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌼 (iairusalēm)
- → Latin: Hierūsalēm
- → Old English: Hierusalem
- English: Jerusalem
- Old French: Jherusalem
- French: Jérusalem
- Italian: Gerusalemme
- → Old English: Hierusalem
- → 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