2007-11-07 12:39:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It comes from 2 words:
Yeru: from the root of "seen"
Shalem: from the root of "complete".
The first name is in Genisis 22( When Abraham names the mountain on which Isaac is almost sacrifices), the second in 16 (or so- by Malkitzedek king of Shalem)
2007-11-07 14:25:40 · answer #1 · answered by ysk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(Je·ru′sa·lem) [Possession (Foundation) of Twofold Peace].
The capital city of the ancient nation of Israel from the year 1070Â B.C.E. onward. Following the division of the nation into two kingdoms (997Â B.C.E.), Jerusalem continued as the capital of the southern kingdom of Judah. Throughout the Scriptures there are more than 800 references to Jerusalem.
The earliest recorded name of the city is “Salem.” (Ge 14:18) Whereas some try to associate the meaning of the name Jerusalem with that of a West Semitic god named Shalem, the apostle Paul shows that “Peace” is the true meaning of the latter half of the name. (Heb 7:2) The Hebrew spelling of this latter half suggests a dual form, hence “Twofold Peace.” In Akkadian (Assyro-Babylonian) texts the city was called Urusalim (or Ur-sa-li-im-mu). On this basis some scholars give the meaning of the name as “City of Peace.” But the Hebrew form, which logically ought to govern, apparently means “Possession (Foundation) of Twofold Peace.”
Many other expressions and titles were used in the Scriptures to refer to the city. The psalmist on one occasion uses the earlier name, “Salem.” (Ps 76:2) Other appellations were: “city of Jehovah” (Isa 60:14), “town of the grand King” (Ps 48:2; compare Mt 5:35), “City of Righteousness” and “Faithful Town” (Isa 1:26), “Zion” (Isa 33:20), and “holy city” (Ne 11:1; Isa 48:2; 52:1; Mt 4:5). The name “el Quds,” meaning “Holy City,” is still the popular name for it in Arabic. The name shown on present-day maps of Israel is Yerushalayim.
2007-11-07 20:43:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The root is ir ha-shalom which means city of peace
2007-11-07 20:43:35 · answer #3 · answered by scoop 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
City of peace some say.
Yehovah warms as the coo of the dove.
2007-11-07 20:46:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Their are a few opinions and understandings on the entomology of Jerusalem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem#Etymology
2007-11-07 20:45:32 · answer #5 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jeru - city
Shalom - peace
JeruShalom
2007-11-07 20:45:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
"City of Peace".
2007-11-07 20:42:15 · answer #7 · answered by Skunk 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
"City of Power"
2007-11-07 20:42:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋