Eretz Yisroel
Pronunciations
Eretz Yisrael | (EH-rets yis-rah-EHL) | listen |
Definitions
n. Israel.
Example Sentences
"My late father's levaye was in Eretz Yisroel."
"Yitzhak isn't here, he's in Erets Yisroel for his sister's wedding." (Glinert)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Modern Hebrew
Etymology
ארץ ישראל erets Yisra'el 'The Land of Israel'
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
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- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
Erets Yisrael, Erets Yisroel, Eretz Yisrael, Eretz Yisra'el, Erets Yisra'el
Notes
"It refers to both the ancient biblical land that G-d promised to Abraham and the modern geographic region known as the State of Israel" (Eisenberg & Scolnic).
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