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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Jebusite


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The Jebusites are descendants of Canaan, son of Ham, son of Noah. Jebus is a name that is also applied to Jerusalem (Judges 19:10, 1 Chr 11:4)

The name Jebus comes from bus (bus 216) meaning to trample down (always destructive). To construct this name the rootverb is suffixed and prefixed by a yod, denoting that we are dealing with people (says Klein), and perhaps also with God (since the prefixed yod of personal names often has its origin in YHWH).

According to the construction followed in the text the Jebusites were the first ones to take in a foreign settlement and inhabit it as if it was their own. At first sight this looks barbaric, but it happens a lot in the Bible. God did not give Israel a custom made land of milk and honey, but an already inhabited land, which needed to be jebusited. David took Jerusalem distinctively from the Jebusites (2 Sam 5:6), and did not build his own capital, like many heroes of old.

The name Jebus means Trodden Underfoot.



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