What does בַּת · יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם mean in the Bible?
בַּת · יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "personified Jerusalem".
Hebrew · H1323, H3389
בַּת יְרוּשָׁלִַם
A daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) · Jerushalaim or Jerushalem , the capital city of Palestine
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בַּת H1323 a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Pronunciation bat
Daughter with expansive relational range: kinship, possession, vulnerability, and collective identity (cities, nations as daughters).
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יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם H3389 Jerushalaim or Jerushalem , the capital city of Palestine
Pronunciation yĕrûšāliam
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What does בַּת יְרוּשָׁלִַם (bat yerushalayim) mean in the Bible?
בַּת · יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "personified Jerusalem".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1323, H3389?
H1323, H3389 is connected to 1,233 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. personified Jerusalem
Strong's H1323, H3389
Lexical occurrences 1,233 verses Source Gloss
personified Jerusalem
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בַּת יְרוּשָׁלִַם is built from these roots:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain