Yerushalayim

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Pronunciations

Yerushalayim (Yeh-ROO-sha-LAH-yeem) listen
Yerushalayim (Yeh-ROO-shah-layim) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "I'll be in Yerushalayaim for the chagim."

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • ירושלים

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

      Regions

      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      Yerushalaim

Notes

  • Some American Jews, for political or religious reasons, tend to favor this word over "Jerusalem" in their English speech, regardless of their fluency in Yiddish or Hebrew.

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