Eretz () is Hebrew for "land", "country" (with the definite article, HaAretz (, "the land")
In particular, it may refer to:
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HaAretz HaMuvtahat, the "Promised Land"
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Eretz Israel
The Land of Israel () is the traditional Jewish name for an area of the Southern Levant. Related biblical, religious and historical English terms include the Land of Canaan, the Promised Land, the Holy Land, and Palestine. The definitions ...
, the Land of Israel
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Haaretz
''Haaretz'' (; originally ''Ḥadshot Haaretz'' – , , ) is an List of newspapers in Israel, Israeli newspaper. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel. The paper is published in Hebrew lan ...
'', originally ''Hadashot Ha'Aretz'' "News of the Land", Israeli newspaper
See also
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Am ha'aretz
''Am haaretz'' () is a term found in the Hebrew Bible and (with a different meaning) in rabbinic literature.
Grammar
In Biblical Hebrew the word usually is a collective noun, but occasionally is pluralized as עמי הארץ ''amei ha-aretz'' "p ...
, "people of the land", i.e. "natives" or "pagans"
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