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land of milk and honey en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From English translations of Exodus 3:7-8. Calque of Biblical Hebrew אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ.

Meanings

  1. An imaginary or real land of abundance, particularly the Land of Israel.
    • Then the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.” traditional, Exodus 3:7–8:

Relateds

land of opportunity

Translations (10)

ru земля́ обетова́нная (a land of abundance) · he אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ (a land of abundance) · it bengodi (a land of abundance) · pt terra de leite e mel (a land of abundance) · hu tejjel-mézzel folyó Kánaán (a land of abundance) · cmn 魚米之鄉 /鱼米之乡 (a land of abundance) · pl kraina mlekiem i miodem płynąca (a land of abundance) · pt terra do leite e mel (a land of abundance) · pl ziemia mlekiem i miodem płynąca (a land of abundance) · pl kraj mlekiem i miodem płynący (a land of abundance)