am ha'aretz
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.89 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] implying that the Chief Rabbi shlita was an am haaretz who did not know the difference between an aleph and an ayin."
- "I want to see a WRITTEN source as authored by a posek/acharon prior to the year 1900. A posek/acharon, not some chassidishe amha'aretz with a diploma who can "macht a moitzi fin a reitach" [so ignorant that he makes the blessing HA'MOTZI said over eating bread when he eats a radish]."
- "I'm sure that there were people who disliked p'rushim (people who undertook measures to conduct their lives in ritual purity as much as possible). The Sages had to institute measures to prevent these "haverim" from completely disassociating themselves from the "amei haaretz.""
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
amei ha'aretz (plural)
am haarez (alternative)
am haaretz (alternative)
amoretz (alternative)
amorets (alternative)