Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Uzi Silber" <uzisilber AT gmail.com>]

A freylikher, kasherer un Gutn yontef adon John Davidson,

perhaps later scribes shifted it phonetically to yerushalayim so that
wouldnt sound like yerushalem  (city of the canaanite god shalem).
after all,  that name, as well as yevoos were the city's names in the pre
israelite era.

the scribes did the same sort of thing with names of Saul's sons: Ishbaal (
changed to ish boshet) and mefi baal (mefiboshet) meaning respectively 'man
of baal' and 'from the mouth of baal'.
'boshet' means shame.
Likewise yerubaal was appended gideon.

Uzi Silber, sitting upon the River Hudson remembering Zion.


On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Yohanan bin-Dawidh <
yohanan.bin.dawidh AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Shalom l'kulam;
>
>
>
> Throughout most of the Miq'ra, we have written "Yrwshlm", with added
> niqqudoth making such to be read as "Yerushala'im", but is such
> grammatically possible, or should we read such as "Yerushalam"? Or is it
> that the scribes attempted to coincide the few, and rare occasions, such
> as
> Sefer Esther 2:6 where "Yrwshlm" is written as "Yrwshlym", with "Yrwshlm",
> creating "Yerushala'im"?
>
>
>
> Also, in Sefer Divray ha-Yammim Bet, we read in  chater 2, verse 9,
> another
> interesting reading of the great city's name, "Yrwshlmyh", and I am
> wondering people's thoughts on this rendering of the city's name?
>
>
>
> I have always held that "Yerushalam" is the correct pronunciation of the
> name of the great city, but now I am on quest to research out all its
> variants, and would like peoples thoughts and opinions concerning what
> pronunciation is the most accurate for the great city.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Yo*h*anan bin-Dawidh
>
> University of Texas at Arlington
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