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Nehemiah 11:4

“And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaim · yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
H3389 · Hebrew

Definition: Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
Derivation: rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390 (יְרוּשָׁלֵם))); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 (יָרָה) and H7999 (שָׁלַם); founded peaceful;
KJV renderings: Jerusalem.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
בִֽ — preposition
ירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ — proper noun
Code HC/R/Np
Usage: Occurs 643 times in the Hebrew Bible.Joshua 10:1 Joshua 10:3 Joshua 10:5 Joshua 10:23 Joshua 12:10

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם here.

Verse 3 Verse 5

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.