e/`Am ha-aretz

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has glosseng: `Am ha-aretz ( Ężam ha-aretz, plural Ężammei ha-aretz(ot), lit. "people of the land") is a Hebrew term combining the meanings of "rustic" with those of "boorish, uncivilized, ignorant" (compare the meaning of Latinate "pagan"). It is a term of Rabbinic Judaism, applied by scholars of the Talmud to uneducated Jews, who were deemed likely to be negligent in their observance of the commandments due to their ignorance.
lexicalizationeng: `Am ha-aretz
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