אֶרֶץ אֹכֶלֶת יוֹשְׁבֶיהָ, ארץ אוכלת יושביה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

a land that eats up the inhabitants/ a land that devour the inhabitants thereof.

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A land that endangers the lives of those who dwell in it. A land where it is difficult to live.

("And they spread an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the children of Israel, saying: The land, through which we have passed to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants" - Numbers 13:32 (the spies sent by Moses to the Israelites), and also: "Woe unto you, O land that eats up its inhabitants / and like a lion devours creatures with its fangs" - Ezekiel the Babylonian (18th century) / the struggle of man with his land, and also: "A land whose inhabitants it devours / and flowing with milk and honey and sky-blue" - Natan Yonatan / Song of the Land)