From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Names of Jerusalem refers to the multiple names by which the city of Jerusalem has been known and the etymology of the word in different languages. According to the Jewish Midrash, Jerusalem has 70 names.[1] Lists have been compiled of 72 different Hebrew names for Jerusalem in Jewish scripture.[2] Today, Jerusalem is called Yerushalayim (Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם) in Hebrew. This is a derivation of a much older name, recorded as early as in the Middle Bronze Age, which has however been repeatedly re-interpreted in folk etymology, notably in Biblical Greek, where the first element of the name came to be associated with hieros holy. The most common name in Arabic is al-Quds (القدس), also meaning The Holy [City].
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