Hierusalem

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἱερουσᾱλήμ (Hierousālḗm), from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (y'rushaláyim, Jerusalem).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hierūsalēm n (indeclinable)

  1. Jerusalem
    • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Danihelis 1:1:
      anno tertio regni Ioachim regis Iuda venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis Hierusalem et obsedit eam
      In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Descendants

  • Old English: Hierusalem
    • English: Jerusalem
  • Old French: Jherusalem
  • Italian: Gerusalemme

References

Old English

Etymology

From Late Latin Hierusalem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈje.ru.sɑ.lem/

Proper noun

Hierusalem ?

  1. Jerusalem
    • Analecta Angla Saxonica
      Eornostlīċe þā sē Hǣlend ācenned wæs on Iūdeseisċre Bethleem, on þǣs cyningum dagum Herodes, þā cōmon þā tungolwītegan fram ēastdǣle tō Hierusalem.
      Truly, the Savior was born in Jewish Bethlehem, in the days of King Herod, after which the Wise Men came to Jerusalem from the east.
    • 11th century, Evangelium Nichodemi, University Library, Cambridge. MS Ii.2.11, 173v
      • ...hyt funde on Hierusalem on þæs Pontiscan Pilates domerne, eall swa hyt Nychodemus awrat, eall myd Ebresicum stafum on manegum bocum þus awryten.

Descendants

Venetan

Proper noun

Hierusalem

  1. Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)

Synonyms

  • Gerusaleme