יְבוּסִי, יְבֻסִי 1. adjective, of a people Jebusite, Jebusites, singular אורנה הַיְבֻסִי 2 Samuel 24:16,18 compare 1 Chronicles 21:15,18,28; 2Chronicles 3:1; as substantive a Jebusite Zechariah 9:7; usually with article ׳הַי collective the Jebusites, in historical statement Genesis 10:16 (J) = 1 Chronicles 1:14; Numbers 13:29 (E) Joshua 9:1; Joshua 11:3; Joshua 12:8; Joshua 24:11 (all D) Judges 3:5; Nehemiah 9:8, all in list of Canaanitish peoples; so also 1 Kings 9:20 2Chronicles 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) Genesis 15:21; Exodus 3:8,17; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 23:23; Exodus 33:2; Exodus 34:11; Deuteronomy 7:1; Deuteronomy 20:17; Joshua 3:10; specifically defined as inhabitants of Jebus-Jerusalem Joshua 15:63 (twice in verse) (J) Judges 1:21 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 5:6,8 (on which compare Dr) 1 Chronicles 11:4 (called also יוֺשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ 2 Samuel 5:6 & ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ 1 Chronicles 11:4); see also עִיר הַיְבוּסִי הַזּאֹת Judges 19:11; whence

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