The Land of the Rising Sun

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The Land of the Rising Sun

The Land of the Rising Sun

A poetic epithet for Japan, based on the meaning of the word 'Japan' in Japanese as the origin of the sun, and possibly because the sun rises there before it reaches the West.

(Modern Hebrew)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֶרֶץ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ הָעוֹלָה

Definition (Hebrew)

כִּנּוּי מְלִיצִי לְיַפָּן עַל פִּי מַשְׁמָעוּת הַמִּלָּה "יַפָּן" בְּיַפָּנִית כִּמְקוֹר הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, וְאוּלַי כִּי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ זוֹרַחַת שָׁם לִפְנֵי שֶׁמַּגִּיעָה לַמַּעֲרָב.

(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה)

Keyword

Japan sun poetic epithet geographical metaphor descriptive name

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