Hierusalem

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hi.eˈruː.sa.leːm/, [hiɛˈruːs̠äɫ̪eːm]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.eˈru.sa.lem/, [ieˈruːs̬älem]

Proper noun

Hierūsalēm n (indeclinable)

  1. Jerusalem
    • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Daniel 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

References


Old English

Etymology

From Latin Hierusalem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈje.ru.sɑ.lem/

Proper noun

Hierusalem ?

  1. Jerusalem
    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


Venetian

Proper noun

Hierusalem

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

Synonyms

  • Gerusaleme
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