Tuesday, March 21, 2017

hebrew - What is called Tziyon and why?


I am not sure whether the name "Tziyon" refers to all of the city of Yerushalayim or only the Temple Mount. For example, Psalms 137:1 (my translation):



By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and also cried as we remembered Tziyon.



Is Tziyon here, and in general, referring to the city of Yerushalayim or just the Temple mount? Or both? Why did it get this name? What is its origin or meaning?




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