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  • From: Numberup AT worldnet.att.net
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Jerusalem, definitions
  • Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 12:37:28 -0700


It appears that the reasoning is in this way: Yerushalayim is a dual form of
Yerushalem, a compound form possibly meaning "foundation of peace," i.e.,
yeru +
shalem. "-shalayim," then, would be the dual form of shalem. What is the
problem
with this scenario?

Solomon Landers
Memra Institute for Biblical Research
http://www.memrain.org

peter_kirk AT sil.org wrote:

> Just in case there is any confusion, this case is quite different from
> that of Jerusalem. MICRAYIM is a dual form derived from a well-known
> root MCR which is attested even today in the Arabic name for Egypt,
> which is Misir. As someone pointed out, there is no singular root or
> stem form like YERUSHAL of which YERUSHALAYIM can be the dual.
>
> Peter Kirk
>





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