ארץ ישראל
Hebrew
Proper noun
אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל • (éretz yisraél) f
- the Land of Israel
- Tanach, 1 Samuel 13:19, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְחָרָשׁ לֹא יִמָּצֵא בְּכֹל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי־אָמְרוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים פֶּן יַעֲשֹוּ הָעִבְרִים חֶרֶב אוֹ חֲנִית:
- weḥārāš lo yimmṣē beḵol ʾereṣ yisrāʾēl ki-āmru felištīm pen yaʿǎsū hāʿivrīm ḥerev ʾō ḥǎnīṯ
- Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said: 'Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears';
- c. 400-650 CE, Vayiqra Rabba:
- אָמַר רַבִּי זְעֵירָא אֲפִלּוּ שִׂיחָתָן שֶׁל בְּנֵי אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל תּוֹרָה, הָא כֵיצַד?
- ʾamar rabi zeʿeyra ʾafilu siḥaṯan shel beney ʾereṣ yisraʾel tora, ha ḵeyṣaḏ?
- Rabi Zeira said, "Even the conversation of the people of Eretz Yisrael is of Torah; how can this be?
- 1170 CE, Maimonides, Mishneh Torah:
- וְרִבִּי יוֹחָנָן חִבַּר הַתַּלְמוּד הַיְּרוּשְׁלְמִי בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחַר חָרְבַּן הַבַּיִת בְּקֵרוּב מִשְּׁלוֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה.
- veribi yoḥanan ḥibar hatalmuḏ hayerushlemi beʾereṣ yisraʾel aḥar ḥorban habayiṯ beqeruv mishlosh meʾoṯ shana
- And Rabbi Yochanan compiled the Jerusalem Talmud in Eretz Yisrael after the destruction of the Temple, near the 3rd century.
Synonyms
- א״י
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