Promised Land

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Pronunciations

Promised Land (PRAH-mist land) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "Is the current nation of Israel exactly where the biblical Promised Land was?...We do not have enough evidence to try to determine the borders of the promised land. But, same general location, yes." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • English

Etymology

  • הארץ המובטחת 'lit. the promised land'

      • Who Uses This

      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
      • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

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