English Explanatory Dictionary

Bilu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Jewish movement for the agricultural settlement of the Land of Israel.

Word forms

Bilu

Etymology

From Hebrew ביל״ו, an acronym based on a verse from the Book of Isaiah (2:5): "בית יעקב לכו ונלכה" ("House of Jacob, let us go [up]").

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