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Tel Aviv is the Hebrew title of Theodor Herzl’s 1902 novel Altneuland ("Old New Land"), as translated from German by Nahum Sokolow.Sokolow had adopted the name of a Mesopotamian site near the city of Babylon mentioned in Ezekiel: "Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Abib [Tel Aviv], that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven ...
Tel Sheva (Hebrew: תל שבע) or Tel Be'er Sheva (Hebrew: תל באר שבע), also known as Tell es-Seba (تل السبع), [1] is an archaeological site in the Southern District of Israel, believed to be the site of the ancient biblical town of Beer-sheba. [2] The site lies east of modern Beersheba and west of the Bedouin town of Tel Sheva.
In 1909 residents of Jaffa bought land outside the city walls and built the first entirely Hebrew-speaking town, Ahuzat Bayit (later renamed Tel Aviv). [ 186 ] In 1915-1916 Talaat Pasha of the Young Turks forced around a million Armenian Christians from their homes in Eastern Turkey, marching them south through Syria, in what is now known as ...
Etymologically, the surname is composed of the Arabic words: . Abu or Abou (أبو abū), literally "father" but also carrying the meaning "owner",; al or el (الـ), or simply l if the preceding word ends with a vowel, to which it attaches itself, is the definite article equivalent to "the", and
1 Etymology and biblical roots. ... A slightly more detailed definition is given in Exodus 23:31, ... the Jewish People's Council gathered at the Tel Aviv Museum, ...
Aerial view of old Jaffa Aerial view of old Jaffa and port with Tel Aviv behind. Jaffa (Hebrew: יָפוֹ, romanized: Yāfō, pronounced ⓘ; Arabic: يَافَا, romanized: Yāfā, pronounced), also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine port city which is part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part.
Tel Aviv, the Hebrew word for "Spring Mound" (where "spring" is the season), is a city in Israel. It may also refer to: "Tel Aviv", an instrumental on Duran Duran; Tel Aviv District, a district of Israel; Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area, the largest metropolitan area in Israel
Ramat Gan (Hebrew: רָמַת גַּן or רָמַת־גַּן, IPA: [ʁaˈmat ˈɡan] ⓘ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv, and is part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.