Eretz Israel
[ er-its ]
/ ˈɛr ɪts /
noun
the land of Israel.
Also
Er·etz Yis·ra·el
[Sephardic Hebrew er-ets-yis rah-el; Ashkenazic Hebrew er-its-yis-roil] /Sephardic Hebrew ˈɛr ɛts yɪs rɑˈɛl; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈɛr ɪts yɪsˈrɔɪl/.
Origin of Eretz Israel
From the Hebrew word
ereṣ yiśrāʾēl
British Dictionary definitions for eretz yisrael
Eretz Yisrael
Eretz Israel
/ Hebrew (ˈɛrets jisˈrɑeɪl, Yiddish ˈɛrets jisrɑˈeɪl) /
noun Judaism
the Holy Land; Israel
the concept, favoured by some extreme Zionists, of a Jewish state the territory of which matched the largest expanse of biblical Israel
Word Origin for Eretz Yisrael
literally: Land of Israel