Strong's H3389

יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם

Transliteration

Yᵉrûwshâlaim

Pronunciation

yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im

Definition

Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

KJV usage

Jerusalem.

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;

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.