Jerusalem
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- proper noun
- /dʒəˈruːsələm/
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Jerusalén
- The ancient city of Jerusalem holds significant religious importance for Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
- visit Jerusalem
- East Jerusalem
- Jerusalem as capital
I've worked not for the Israeli government, but for the mayor of Jerusalem overtime.
- I've worked not for the Israeli government, but for the mayor of Jerusalem overtime.
- So Trump is more like, well, is Jerusalem effectively the capital of Israel?
- And then we have a chapter called, what do Athens and Jerusalem have in common?
- And so we have these little pieces of land that keep on shrinking and Jerusalem keeps disappearing.
- And they called, they called Jerusalem Beit al Makdis, the city of the temple.
- A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hand of robbers.
- And she said the worst part of it was they were going from from Jerusalem to Nazareth.
- policy, Israel occupies the eastern part of Jerusalem.
- No, there's they got their own section of the Old City in Jerusalem.
- The next the same night I had dinner with a number of people in Jerusalem.
- We're going to, we're going to just, we're going to acknowledge the fact that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel.
- And he told them all, I'm moving the embassy and I'm recognizing Jerusalem.
- Even today, returning to Jerusalem being part of a mantra.
Examples
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You write to us when you get to Jerusalem.
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Thus, a project such as making a model Western Wall of East Jerusalem must be planned.
Academic text (2011) -
In the course of time, he became the secretary of the Jerusalem Workers Council.
Fiction book (1993) -
I always went home to Jerusalem when I got leave from the army.
Fiction book (1993) -
Against all odds, the road to Jerusalem was open.
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I will arrange a safe journey for you... to the city of your Christ, Jerusalem.
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News travels fast in Jerusalem.
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There were already a few Jews in Jerusalem, but pilgrimage was still dangerous.
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So as Christians, this is definitely the most surreal moment of being in Jerusalem so far.
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The very basis of our belief stems from the arrival of the Apostles, from such places as Jerusalem, Africa, and even Asia.
Synonyms
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An ancient hill in Jerusalem used as a holy name for the city
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The city Jerusalem that Israel says is its capital, though many countries do not recognize this
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An old name for the city now called Jerusalem
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A hill in Jerusalem with ancient sacred sites often used to mean the city
Compounds
- Baby Talk
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A children's game where players walk around chairs, sit when music stops, and one player leaves each round
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Three ancient buildings in Jerusalem that served as the main place for Jewish worship, the last destroyed in AD 70
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Three different holy buildings in Jerusalem that were the main place for Jewish worship
A large, wingless insect active at night that lives in loose soil and burrows
A cross with four equal arms each ending in a small cross used as a Christian symbol
A thorny shrub or small tree with yellow flowers often grown in warm, dry places
A journey to Jerusalem to visit holy places for religious or spiritual reasons
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jerusalem comes from the old Hebrew name Yerushalayim, and the last part is like Salem, which is linked to the Hebrew idea of 'peace'. A helpful way to remember Jerusalem is to think of it as a 'city of peace', which explains why it is holy and important to Jews, Christians and Muslims.