Explore Jerusalem through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Jerusalem meaning
- A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine.
- A poem by William Blake, used as an unofficial national anthem in England.
- A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:
Synonyms of Jerusalem
Using Jerusalem
- The main meaning on this page is: A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine. | A poem by William Blake, used as an unofficial national anthem in England. | A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:
- Useful related words include: capital of israel, national capital.
- In the example corpus, jerusalem often appears in combinations such as: in jerusalem, of jerusalem, east jerusalem.
Context around Jerusalem
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 15 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jerusalem
- In this selection, "jerusalem" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, east, caritas, left, prayer, 2017 and israel stand out and add context to how "jerusalem" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2022 in jerusalem, a caritas jerusalem worker named and east jerusalem. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jerusalem" sits close to words such as theft, pub and ranging, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jerusalem
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Goshen set looks like the city of Jerusalem with several different buildings designed to look like Jerusalem. (18 words)
JERUSALEM — For more than five months, Father Gabriel Romanelli has been living in Jerusalem, but his heart is in Gaza. (20 words)
Occupied East Jerusalem – The mood in occupied East Jerusalem is tense as the city’s Palestinians prepare for Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. (24 words)
Finally, although as a matter of policy the US did not agree with Jordan's position on Jerusalem, nor with the Israeli position on Jerusalem, the US was prepared to use its influence to obtain for Jordan a role in Jerusalem. (41 words)
Typically, the Jerusalem Neturei Karta will keep the customs of the "Old Yishuv" of the city of Jerusalem even when living outside of Jerusalem or even when living abroad, as a demonstration of their love and connection to the Holy Land. (41 words)
A Caritas Jerusalem worker named Viola, 26, pictured in an undated photo, was killed alongside her husband and their infant daughter in an airstrike on the St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza, said an Oct. 20, 2023, statement from Caritas Jerusalem. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
From left: Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Director Albert Veksler, Knesset member Robert Ilatov, and Israel's then-President Reuven Rivlin at the first Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast in Jerusalem, 2017.
Q: Despite Trump recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving the U.S. embassy to there, U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem still cannot list “Jerusalem, Israel” as their place of birth on their U.S. passports.
In this photo from May 24, 2017, backdropped by the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, people tour the Jerusalem Ramparts Walk on Jerusalem’s Old City walls.
Finally, although as a matter of policy the US did not agree with Jordan's position on Jerusalem, nor with the Israeli position on Jerusalem, the US was prepared to use its influence to obtain for Jordan a role in Jerusalem.
Hatem Abdel Kader, a Jerusalem resident, Fatah legislator and former Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, complained that "If they are building a new government compound here, that means they have no plans to be based in Jerusalem..
The law declared Jerusalem the "complete and united" capital of Israel. citation The "Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel" is a major reason for the international community not to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Typically, the Jerusalem Neturei Karta will keep the customs of the "Old Yishuv" of the city of Jerusalem even when living outside of Jerusalem or even when living abroad, as a demonstration of their love and connection to the Holy Land.
A Caritas Jerusalem worker named Viola, 26, pictured in an undated photo, was killed alongside her husband and their infant daughter in an airstrike on the St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza, said an Oct. 20, 2023, statement from Caritas Jerusalem.
A couple of decades ago, Regev noted, if you wanted to go out for dinner in Jerusalem on a Friday night, you had to travel to east Jerusalem.
Israel captured the Old City of Jerusalem, with its sites holy to three monotheistic faiths, along with the rest of east Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war.
Israeli police sealed off the Jerusalem family home of a Palestinian gunman two days after he killed seven people outside a synagogue, as fears grew of further escalation in the deadliest unrest for years in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters marched on the main highway into Jerusalem on Saturday evening in a last-ditch show of force aimed at blocking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul.
JERUSALEM: Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan began his testimony in the corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (Jun 25), in a court session that was broadcast live from an English seaside town direct to Jerusalem.
The Goshen set looks like the city of Jerusalem with several different buildings designed to look like Jerusalem.
The Israeli Jerusalem Municipality yesterday demolished a historic stairway that leads to the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Lions’ Gate (Bab Al-Asbat) and the Old City of Jerusalem.
The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, gives the final blessing at the end of the vigil in preparation for Christmas, held on Dec. 22 at the Church of St. Saviour in Jerusalem.
Israeli police and Palestinian demonstrators (not pictured) clash at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after the morning prayer on April 22, 2022, in Jerusalem.
JERUSALEM — For more than five months, Father Gabriel Romanelli has been living in Jerusalem, but his heart is in Gaza.
Occupied East Jerusalem – The mood in occupied East Jerusalem is tense as the city’s Palestinians prepare for Islam’s holy month of Ramadan.
The Jerusalem-based Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported that Israeli authorities issued 1,105 deportation orders to Palestinians in 2023, including those from Jerusalem’s Old City and other areas.
Phrases with jerusalem
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with jerusalem
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in jerusalem 78×
- of jerusalem 36×
- east jerusalem 29×
- the jerusalem 22×
- to jerusalem 22×
- jerusalem and 20×
- jerusalem as 13×
- jerusalem the 13×
- jerusalem on 8×
- jerusalem in 8×