יְבוּסִי

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

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