Hierusalem

Latin

Alternative forms

• Hierosolyma, Jerosolyma (-orum, n)
• Hierosolyma, Jerosolyma (-ae, f)
• Hierosolymae (-arum, f) (New Latin)
• Jerusalem (n, indecl.)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἱεροσόλυμα (Hierosóluma), from Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (y'rushaláyim, “Jerusalem”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hi.eˈruː.sa.leːm/, [hiɛˈruːs̠äɫ̪eːm]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.eˈru.sa.lem/, [ieˈruːs̬älem]

Proper noun

Hierūsalēm n (indeclinable)

1. Jerusalem
   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Danihelis 1:1:

     anno tertio regni Ioachim regis Iuda venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis Hierusalem et obsedit eam

     In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

References

• Hierusalem in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Old English

Etymology

From Latin Hierusalem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈje.ru.sɑ.lem/

Proper noun

Hierusalem ?

1. Jerusalem

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Venetian

Proper noun

Hierusalem

1. Jerusalem

Synonyms

• Gerusaleme