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Psalms 122:3
“Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaim · yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
H3389 · Hebrew
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
- יְרוּשָׁלִַ֥ם — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 643 times in the Hebrew Bible.Joshua 10:1Joshua 10:3Joshua 10:5Joshua 10:23Joshua 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.
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.