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ancient Palestine

Hebrew translation: ארץ ישראל הקדומה

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English term or phrase:ancient Palestine
Hebrew translation:ארץ ישראל הקדומה
Entered by: aqanai

14:45 May 30, 2005
English to Hebrew translations [PRO]
History / Ancient History/Geography
English term or phrase: ancient Palestine
In the following context:
"This literary technique [the use of quotations] has persisted from the dawn of civilization in Egypt and Mesopotamia through ancient Palestine down to modern America."
My question is, is it Paleshet? פלשת
Zehavit Ehre
Israel
Local time: 02:37
ארץ ישראל הקדומה
Explanation:
No. Palestine means ארץ ישראל - כנען (the land of Israel - Canaan).
פלשת (Peleshet)is Philistia in English, not Palestine.

לא. מובמו הוא ארץ ישראל - כנען.
פלשת באנגלית = PHILSTIA
PALESTINE ולא
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aqanai
Local time: 19:37
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5 +5ארץ ישראל הקדומה
aqanai
4Palestine means the whole Eretz Yisroel
misonznhik


  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
ancient palestine
ארץ ישראל הקדומה


Explanation:
No. Palestine means ארץ ישראל - כנען (the land of Israel - Canaan).
פלשת (Peleshet)is Philistia in English, not Palestine.

לא. מובמו הוא ארץ ישראל - כנען.
פלשת באנגלית = PHILSTIA
PALESTINE ולא

aqanai
Local time: 19:37
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PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mirmir: כנען
2 mins
agree  eileengreen: Palestine was the Roman name for the country.
5 mins
  -> Actually, the Roman name was Iudaea. Only after Bar Kokhba did they change it to Palestina.
agree  Suzan Chin
20 mins
neutral  Zvi Karni: In this particular context, the author should have used the word Cnaan/Israel, and not Palestine. The latter name came into general usage by the Romans, at approx. 131 AD.
1 hr
  -> That is exactly what I said.
agree  Leah Aharoni
2 hrs
agree  Hezy Mor
5 hrs
neutral  Eynat: We cannot tell what the writer meant, as the term is often used anachronistically.It would be nice if you could read what you write, never mind others, because that's not 'exactly what you wrote' at all: different historians use it differently.
20 hrs
  -> The term “ancient Palestine” is used by historians to refer to the land of Israel/Canaan in Biblical times and earlier. The use of “Palestine” is ana anachronism, but it does not equal Peleshet, which is Philistia. Which is exactly what I wrote.
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1134 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ancient palestine
Palestine means the whole Eretz Yisroel


Explanation:
To use the term differently would be a mistake. Palestine is not Peleshet.

misonznhik
United States
Local time: 19:37
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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