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  • From: Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Jerusalem and Jebusite
  • Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 21:24:45 +0300

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Vadim Cherny wrote:
> How likely would be that the name Jerusalem appeared as a Hebraized
> allophonic version of Jebusite, the town's former name (Joshua 18:28)?

It is impossible. The name Yabus is actually unknown from Bronze Age
sources, but the name Jerusalem is attested as far back to the early
second millenium.

Yitzhak Sapir




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