Eretz Israel

Sephardic Hebrew Eretz Yis·ra·el

[er-its]

noun

1. the land of Israel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Eretz Israel¹

From Hebrew ereṣ yiśrāʾēl

Example Sentences

There, she worked on a farm, lived on a kibbutz and, with thousands of other idealistic European Jews who had moved to Eretz Israel, pursued the dream of creating a Jewish state.

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"Whether on the JNF website or in the parks themselves, the most sophisticated audiovisual equipment displays the official Zionist story, contextualising any given location within the national meta-narrative of the Jewish people and Eretz Israel."

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Many Zionists, but not all, believe that “Eretz Israel” — generally taken to mean the entire territory of Palestine, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River — was promised by God to the Jewish people.

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Whatever the motives and intentions of the Israeli architects of Oslo, they were soon superseded by Israelis who saw the claim of Eretz Israel — all the land from the Mediterranean to the Jordan River — as a prime territorial goal.

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“I had learnt that my wife was leaving for Eretz Israel.”

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