Eretz Israel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Eretz Israel
From Hebrew ereṣ yiśrāʾēl
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
“When I had the opportunity to stand up for Eretz Israel I did, at the top of my lungs,” Mr. Weiner said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2013
The affairs of the workers of Eretz Israel should be in the hands of the workers of Eretz Israel, 1935.
From Salon ● May 17, 2012
Responding in Hebrew, Begin reminded his visitor of the long history of suffering and exile of the Jewish people, who "never for a day" had forgotten that Eretz Israel was their homeland.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many were moved by an idealistic conviction that they were settling in Eretz Israel, the biblical land of the prophets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
