land of milk and honey

noun

An imaginary or real land of abundance, particularly the Land of Israel.

OriginBiblical Hebrew אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ →
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Meanings

noun
  1. An imaginary or real land of abundance, particularly the Land of Israel.
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    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

Synonyms & antonyms

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cockaigne

Origin

  1. Biblical Hebrewאֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ
  2. Englishland of milk and honey

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

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 魚米之鄉 /鱼米之乡
  • 魚米之鄉 /鱼米之乡 (yúmǐzhīxiāng)a land of abundance
Hebrew אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ
  • אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ (éretz zavát ẖaláv udvásh)a land of abundance
Hungarian tejjel-mézzel folyó Kánaán
  • tejjel-mézzel folyó Kánaána land of abundance
Italian bengodi
  • bengodia land of abundance
Polish kraina mlekiem i miodem płynąca, kraj mlekiem i miodem płynący
  • kraina mlekiem i miodem płynącaa land of abundance
  • kraj mlekiem i miodem płynącya land of abundance
  • ziemia mlekiem i miodem płynącaa land of abundance
Portuguese terra de leite e mel, terra do leite e mel
  • terra de leite e mela land of abundance
  • terra do leite e mela land of abundance
Russian земля́ обетова́нная
  • земля́ обетова́нная (zemljá obetovánnaja)a land of abundance
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