Yishuv
/jiːˈʃuːv/noun
The Jewish community in Palestine, especially before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
Did you know?In modern Jewish history, “the Yishuv” became a collective name for the organized Jewish community in Palestine before Israel’s independence.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*y-š-b
“To sit, remain, stay, or dwell; a reconstructed Semitic root”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
יָשַׁב (yāshav)
“To sit, remain, inhabit, or settle”
Rabbinic Hebrew
Hebrew
יִשּׁוּב (yishuv)
“Settlement, habitation, or an inhabited place”
19th Century
Modern Hebrew
היישוב (ha-Yishuv)
“The Jewish settlement or community in Palestine”
20th Century
English
Yishuv
“The Jewish community in Palestine before the establishment of Israel in 1948”