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  2. Q-D-Š - Wikipedia

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    Qudšu was later used in Jewish Aramaic to refer to God. [4]Words derived from the root qdš appear some 830 times in the Hebrew Bible. [9] [10] Its use in the Hebrew Bible evokes ideas of separation from the profane, and proximity to the Otherness of God, while in nonbiblical Semitic texts, recent interpretations of its meaning link it to ideas of consecration, belonging, and purification.

  3. Names of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    Today, Jerusalem is called Yerushalayim (Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ‎) and Al-Quds (Arabic: اَلْـقُـدْس). Yerushalayim 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 ...

  4. Jerusalem Governorate - Wikipedia

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    The Quds Governorate (Arabic: محافظة القدس, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat al-Quds; Hebrew: נפת אל-קודס, romanized: Nafah al-Quds), also Jerusalem Governorate, is one of the 16 governorates of Palestine and located in the central part of the West Bank.

  5. Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The name is possibly a shortened form of مدينة القُدس Madīnat al-Quds "city of the holy sanctuary" after the Hebrew nickname with the same meaning, Ir ha-Qodesh (עיר הקדש). The ق (Q) is pronounced either with a voiceless uvular plosive (/q/), as in Classical Arabic, or with a glottal stop (ʔ) as in Levantine Arabic. [6]

  6. Judaization of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    Judaization of Jerusalem (Arabic: تهويد القدس, romanized: tahwīd al-Quds; Hebrew: יהוד ירושלים, romanized: yehud Yerushalayim) is the view that Israel has sought to transform the physical and demographic landscape of Jerusalem to enhance its Jewish character at the expense of its Muslim and Christian ones.

  7. Religious significance of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The most holy spot [al-quds] on earth is Syria; the most holy spot in Syria is Palestine; the most holy spot in Palestine is Jerusalem [Bayt al-maqdis]; the most holy spot in Jerusalem is the Mountain; the most holy spot in Jerusalem is the place of worship [al-masjid], and the most holy spot in the place of worship is the Dome

  8. Coptic Orthodox Archdiocese of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The Holy and Ancient Archdiocese of Jerusalem, All Palestine, and All the Near East or the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem (Arabic: بطريركية الاقباط الأرثوذكس بالقدس [أبرشية أورشليم المقدسة وكل فلسطين وكل الشرق الأدنى] Baṭriyarkeyat al-Aqbāṭ al-Urtūdoks bi al-Quds; Hebrew: הפטריארכיה ...

  9. Jerusalem bagel - Wikipedia

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    Jerusalem bagel or Jerusalem Ka'ak (in Arabic: كعك القدس, romanized: ka'ak al-quds) (in Hebrew: בייגל ירושלמי, romanized: beigel yerushalmi) is a type of bread baked in Jerusalem. It has a ring shape but is otherwise unlike a traditional boiled bagel. [1]