יְבוּסִי

1. adjective, of a people Jebusite, Jebusites, singular אורנה הַיְבֻסִי 2 Sam 24,16; 2 Sam 24,18 compare 1 Kron 21,15; 1 Kron 21,18; 1 Kron 21,28; 2 Kron 3,1 as substantive a Jebusite Zak 9,7 usually with article ׳הַי collective the Jebusites, in historical statement 1 Mos 10,16 (J) = 1 Kron 1,14; 4 Mos 13,29 (E) Jos 9,1; Jos 11,3; Jos 12,8; Jos 24,11 (all D) Dom 3,5; Neh 9,8, all in list of Canaanitish peoples; so also 1 Kong 9,20 = 2 Kron 8,7, where remnant of these peoples referred to; also Ezr 9,1, which seems to shew that this list had become a standing expression for early inhabitants; compare further in promises (J E D) 1 Mos 15,21; 2 Mos 3,8; 2 Mos 3,17; 2 Mos 13,5; 2 Mos 23,23; 2 Mos 33,2; 2 Mos 34,11; 5 Mos 7,1; 5 Mos 20,17; Jos 3,10 specifically defined as inhabitants of Jebus-Jerusalem Jos 15,63 (twice in verse) (J) Dom 1,21 (twice in verse); 2 Sam 5,6; 2 Sam 5,8 (on which compare Dr) 1 Kron 11,4 (called also יוֺשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ 2 Sam 5,6 & ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ 1 Kron 11,4); see also עִיר הַיְבוּסִי הַזּאֹת Dom 19,11 whence

2. Jerusalem, Hexateuch only P, Jos 15,8 גֵּי בֶןהִֿנֹּם אֶלכֶּֿתֶף היבוסי מִנֶּגֶב הִיא יְרוּשָׁלָ֑םִ, compare Jos 18,16; Jos 18,28 וְהַיְבוּסִי הִיא יְרוּשָׁלַםִ. — compare כנען.