Jerusalem
Jerusalem proper n
prob. < Old Hebrew shalem, 'house of peace' or 'house of stone'; poss. < salem, name of a Semitic god who was the city's patron.
- Holy City; metropolis in Palestine; [fig.] heavenly city where someone would want to be.
Jerusalem proper n
Old Hebrew yarah 'threw, cast' < yerushalayim 'founded in peace'.
- Holy City; metropolis in Palestine; place on Mount Moriah where Isaac met his bride Rebekah for the first time (see 2 Chronicles 3:1); place of pilgrimage where the Jew Isaac and his daughter Rebecca fled in Ivanhoe; [fig.] home; promised land; (see Isaiah 52:1; ED letters).