Iherusalem

Middle French

Proper noun

Iherusalem

1. Jerusalem (city)

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• ihrlm (abbreviation)
• Ierusalem (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Late Latin Ierūsalēm, Hierūsalēm, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒeɾuzaˈlem/

Proper noun

Iherusalem f

1. Jerusalem
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1r:

     Ont te ruego q̃ tu me enbies eſripto en vna carta la faziẽda de vltra mar. E los nõbres de laſ cibdades ⁊ de las tierras como ovierõ nõbre. En latin ⁊ en ebraẏco. equãto a de la vna cibdat ala otra. E las marauẏllas q̃ nr̃o ſẽnor dios fezo en ih̃rl̃m. e en toda la tierra de vltramar.

     So I pray you send to me written in a latter an account of the Holy Land, and the names of the cities and of the lands and the names they had in Latin and Hebrew, and the distance from one city to the other, and the wonders that Our Lord God worked in Jerusalem and throughout the Holy Land.

   • Idem, f. 78v.

     Detras laujlla de ihrlm al ſol ponjent es monte ſion. ealli fue poblada laçjbdat de ihrlm.

     Behind the city of Jerusalem, toward the setting sun, is Mount Zion, and there was established the city of Jerusalem.

Descendants

• Spanish: Jerusalén