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Etymology

Originally this movement was called DAVIO an acronym, for the Hebrew word meaning exodus. The name was then changed by the founder of the movement Israel Belkind to "Bilu" is an acronym based on a verse from the Book of Isaiah (2:5) "בית יעקב לכו ונלכה‎" Beit Ya'akov Lekhu Venelkha ("House of Jacob, let us go [up]").

Possible sources:

SALMON, YOSEF. “IDEOLOGY AND REALITY IN THE BILU ‘ALIYAH.’” Harvard Ukrainian Studies, vol. 2, no. 4, 1978, pp. 430–66. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41035804. Accessed 10 Mar. 2023.

Bartal, I. Farming the land on three continents: Bilu, Am Oylom, and Yefe-Nahar. Jew History 21, 249–261 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10835-007-9046-3

Shulamit Laskov (1981) The Biluim: Reality and legend, Studies in Zionism, 2:1, 17-69, DOI: 10.1080/13531048108575798

Sophia Wyatt (1974) The status of Israeli women, Jewish Quarterly, 22:3, 7-8, DOI: 10.1080/0449010X.1974.10704699