What was the original name of the city/area known as Jerusalem, Israel prior to the Jews naming it Jerusalem ?

Hint: the language of the time being Aramaic, the cities name would most likely be in the parameters of that dialect.

What was the original name of the city/area known as Jerusalem, Israel prior to the Jews naming it Jerusalem ?
Take your pick:





Jerusalem





* Biblical Hebrew 讬专讜砖诇诐 Yerushalayim


* Aramaic 讬职专讜旨砖职讈诇侄诐 Y蓹r没拧蓹lem


* Biblical Greek (Septuagint) 螜蔚蟻慰蠀蟽伪位萎渭, Ierousal膿m, 螜蔚蟻慰蟽蠈位蠀渭伪, Ierosolyma


* New Testament Greek 螜蔚蟻慰蠀蟽伪位萎渭 Hierousal膿m, Ierousal膿m, 螜蔚蟻慰蟽蠈位蠀渭伪 Hierosolyma, Ierosolyma


* Syriac 軔軜塥塬軤堋 弄ri拧lem


* Biblical Latin (Vulgate) Hierusalem, Hierosolyma


* Classical Latin (Philo) Ieropolis


* Arabic 丕賵乇卮賱賷賲 弄r拧al墨m, 弄r拧alaym


* Armenian 缘謤崭謧战铡詹榨沾 / Erousa艂em


* Tiberian Hebrew 讬职专讜旨砖指讈诇址诐执 / 讬职专讜旨砖指讈诇指诐执 Y蓹r没拧膩l谩im / Y蓹r没拧膩l膩im


* Standard Hebrew 讬职专讜旨砖指讈诇址讬执诐 Yerushalaim


* Old Norse Jorsala


* Russian 袠械褉褍褋邪谢懈屑 / Iyerusalim


* Azeri 脺r艧蓹lim





There is also a variant form:





* Biblical Hebrew 砖诇诐 拧-l-m "whole", "complete" in the idiomatic sense of "at peace"


* Akkadian Uru拧alim (used by Sennacherib)


* Assyrian Ur拧alimmu (recorded by the Amarna letters


* Biblical Greek 危伪位萎渭 Sal膿m, 危蠈位蠀渭伪 Solyma


* Biblical Latin Salem


* Arabic 爻丕賱賷賲 S膩l墨m


* Tiberian Hebrew 砖指讈诇值诐 艩膩l膿m


* Standard Hebrew 砖指讈诇值诐 艩alem





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Reply:Well, it certainly wasn't El Quds.





Jerusalem is the most sacred city in the world to Jews.





Muslims have Mecca and Medina before they get to Jerusalem.
Reply:So what on can infer from the entry above would be that the name has been fairly constant throughout the history of time and in nearly every language having contact with the city... lol. I do thank the person above me for putting all that in... very interesting.
Reply:Actually the Aramaic language came about much later. The city that stood where Jerusalem is, was called Salem (which means "Peace" in most semitic languages). When the Jews conquered the city and made it their own, they renamed the city Jerusalem (Which means "Peace of God").