![]() The Greek Hierosolyma reflects the "holiness" ( hieros, "holy") of the city. In the Bible it is usually spelled yrushlm and sometimes yrushlym (pronounced "Yerushalayim"). ![]() The name is spelled wš mm and was probably pronounced "rushalimum." In the Tell el-Amarna letters of the 14 th century b.c.e., it is written Urusalim, and in Assyrian Ursalimmu (Sennacherib inscription). The first mention of the city of Jerusalem is in the Egyptian Execration Texts of the 19 th–18 th centuries b.c.e. ![]() The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history
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