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Eretz Israel

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noun
the land of Israel.
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Also, Er·etz Yis·ra·el  [Seph. Heb. er-ets-yis rah-el; Ashk. Heb. er-its-yis-roil] .

Origin:
< Hebrew ereṣ yiśrāʾēl
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Eretz Yisrael or Hebrew Eretz Israel (ˈɛrets jisˈrɑeɪl, Yiddish ˈɛrets jisrɑˈeɪl, ˈɛrets jisˈrɑeɪl, Yiddish ˈɛrets jisrɑˈeɪl)
 
—n
1.  the Holy Land; Israel
2.  the concept, favoured by some extreme Zionists, of a Jewish state the territory of which matched the largest expanse of biblical Israel
 
[literally: Land of Israel]
 
Eretz Israel or Hebrew Eretz Israel
 
—n
 
[literally: Land of Israel]

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