In Hebrew: אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ
Translation: The land flowing with milk and honey.
The expression "the land flowing with milk and honey" is a biblical term that serves as a nickname for the Land of Israel, highlighting its abundance, fertility, and rich yields. This phrase appears several times in the Bible. You can read a few examples below the article.
In modern-day Israel, "Eretz Zavat Halav Udvash" is also the title of a folk song often sung during holidays, especially Shavuot. Composed by musician and choreographer Eliyahu Gamaliel in the early 1950s, the song consists of this single sentence.
You can listen to the song through the video below, and see its special dance at this link.
Halav Udvash was also the name of an Israeli pop band active primarily between 1979 and 1984. The band won first place at Eurovision 1979, held in Jerusalem, with the song "Hallelujah". The video clip is located below the first video.
Examples of verses*:
Exodus 3:8:
God to Moses "and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites".
Numbers 13:27:
The ten spies (sent to the Promised Land by Moses) disagreed that Israel was able to conquer the inhabitants of the land, but they told him, "We came to the land to which you sent us. It flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit."
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