ישן נושן

Hebrew

Etymology

From the Bible Leviticus 26:10, with translation of the King James Version:

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

Phrase

יָשָׁן נוֹשָׁן‎ • (yashán noshán)

  1. very old, ancient
    • 1896, Theodor Herzl, Der Judenstaat:
      Translated from German to Hebrew and to English
      ‏הרעיון שעליו אדבר בספרי זה הוא ישן נושן: לכונן ארץ מושב לבני ישראל.‎‎
      The idea which I have developed in this pamphlet is a very old one: the restoration of the Jewish State.
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