ישן נושן
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
יָשָׁן נוֹשָׁן • (yashán noshán)
- 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.