ישן נושן

Hebrew

Etymology

From the Bible Leviticus 26:10, with translation of the King James Version:

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

Phrase

יָשָׁן נוֹשָׁן • (yashán noshán)

1. very old, ancient
   • 1896, Theodor Herzl, Der Judenstaat:
     Translated from German to Hebrew and to English

     הרעיון שעליו אדבר בספרי זה הוא ישן נושן: לכונן ארץ מושב לבני ישראל.

     The idea which I have developed in this pamphlet is a very old one: the restoration of the Jewish State.