ʽAm haʼaretz (Hebrew: עם הארץ, romanized: ʿam hāʾareṣ, lit. 'people of the Land') is a term found in the Hebrew Bible and (with a different meaning) in rabbinic literature. == Grammar == In Biblical Hebrew the word usually is a collective noun, but occasionally is pluralized as עמי הארץ amei ha-aretz "peoples of the land" or (in Late Biblical Hebrew) super-pluralized as עמי הארצות amei ha-aratzot "peoples of the lands".
ʽAm haʼaretz (Hebrew: עם הארץ, romanized: ʿam hāʾareṣ, lit. 'people of the Land') is a term found in the Hebrew Bible and (with a different meaning) in rabbinic literature. == Grammar == In Biblical Hebrew the word usually is a collective noun, but occasionally is pluralized as עמי הארץ amei ha-aretz "peoples of the land" or (in Late Biblical Hebrew) super-pluralized as עמי הארצות amei ha-aratzot "peoples of the lands".
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