יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם

ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place643 occurrences26 books600 verses
This is the name of the place Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions.

Definition

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)); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
Traditional renderings: Jerusalem.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם:

Glossary entries

Zion Jerusalem Jebus, Jebusite Salem Ariel (Place) Hephzibah

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

643 total
  1. Jeremiah 33:16וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם · and Jerusalem
    In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
  2. Jeremiah 34:1יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛ם · Jerusalem
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.
  3. Jeremiah 34:6בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ · In Jerusalem, then
    In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah
  4. Jeremiah 34:7יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם · Jerusalem
    …as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
  5. Jeremiah 34:8בִּירֽוּשָׁלִַ֔ם · in Jerusalem
    After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD
  6. Jeremiah 34:19יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם · and Jerusalem
    The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,
  7. Jeremiah 35:11יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם · Jerusalem; בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ · in Jerusalem
    So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: ‘Come, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”
  8. Jeremiah 35:13יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם · of Jerusalem
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.
  9. Jeremiah 35:17יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם · of Jerusalem
    Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”
  10. Jeremiah 36:9בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם · of Jerusalem; בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ · [there]
    Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.
  11. Jeremiah 36:31יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם · of Jerusalem
    I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”
  12. Jeremiah 37:5יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ · Jerusalem; יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ · Jerusalem
    Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
  13. Jeremiah 37:11יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם · Jerusalem
    When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
  14. Jeremiah 37:12מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם · Jerusalem
    Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
  15. Jeremiah 38:28יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םס · Jerusalem; יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃פ
    And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
  16. Jeremiah 39:1יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם · Jerusalem
    In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.
  17. Jeremiah 39:8יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם · of Jerusalem
    The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
  18. Jeremiah 40:1יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ · of Jerusalem
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
  19. Jeremiah 42:18יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם · of Jerusalem
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
  20. Jeremiah 44:2יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם · Jerusalem
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation
  21. Jeremiah 44:6יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם · of Jerusalem
    Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.
  22. Jeremiah 44:9יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ · of Jerusalem
    Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
  23. Jeremiah 44:13יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם · Jerusalem
    I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,
  24. Jeremiah 44:17יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם · of Jerusalem
    Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
  25. Jeremiah 44:21יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם · of Jerusalem
    “As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?
  26. Jeremiah 51:35יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס · Jerusalem
    May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
  27. Jeremiah 51:50וִירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם · and let Jerusalem
    You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”
  28. Jeremiah 52:1בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם · in Jerusalem
    Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
  29. Jeremiah 52:3בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֣ם · in Jerusalem
    For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
  30. Jeremiah 52:4יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם · Jerusalem
    So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
  31. Jeremiah 52:12בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ · Jerusalem
    On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
  32. Jeremiah 52:13יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛ם · of Jerusalem
    He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
  33. Jeremiah 52:14יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם · Jerusalem
    And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.
  34. Jeremiah 52:29מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם · from Jerusalem
    …in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;
  35. Lamentations 1:7יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם · Jerusalem
    In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
  36. Lamentations 1:8יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם · Jerusalem
    Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
  37. Lamentations 1:17יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛ם · Jerusalem
    Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
  38. Lamentations 2:10יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס · of Jerusalem
    The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
  39. Lamentations 2:13יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם · of Jerusalem
    What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
  40. Lamentations 2:15יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם · of Jerusalem
    All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
  41. Lamentations 4:12יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס · of Jerusalem
    The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
  42. Ezekiel 4:1יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ · of Jerusalem
    “Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
  43. Ezekiel 4:7יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ · of Jerusalem
    You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
  44. Ezekiel 4:16בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם · in Jerusalem
    Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
  45. Ezekiel 5:5יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם · Jerusalem
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
  46. Ezekiel 8:3יְרוּשָׁלְַ֜מָה · to Jerusalem
    He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.