***** (can others verify this?) Those who claim that the history and the future of Israel and Jerusalem is all very well laid out in the bible need to understand one very important reality of the great book. The words Israel and Jerusalem mentioned in the bible are NOT named after the physical geographical places. Rather, the physical geographical places are named after these words. One of the meanings of the hebrew word ‘Israel’ would resolve to “honest man of God”. Similarly, one of the meanings of the hebrew word ‘Jerusalem’ would resolve to “place of peace” or “founded peaceful”. So, Jerusalem in Israel really means ‘the peaceful center of the honest man of God’.

https://anthoniji.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/what-is-the-real-meaning-of-zionism/