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Amuratzem

English translation: simple or ignorant people

18:20 Jun 25, 2004
Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
Hebrew term or phrase: Amuratzem
Term may refer to a Jewish or Hebrew class system. The language may be Amamaric. Read in a book by Taylor
Caldwell, it was used in a reference to Jesus
Christ or Joshua ben Joseph
Aurelia Serbia
English translation:simple or ignorant people
Explanation:
The term is a term used in Yiddish and by Eastern European Jews.

It actually means the plural of the Hebrew Am Ha'aretz, which means "people of the land" and probalby which refers to peasants, or to "masses".

It is used to as a term for "ignorant", "unlearned".
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Maurice Tszorf
Israel
Local time: 16:06
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2simple or ignorant people
Maurice Tszorf
5hoi polloi (the common people, the masses)
judithyf
5???
liora (X)


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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
simple or ignorant people


Explanation:
The term is a term used in Yiddish and by Eastern European Jews.

It actually means the plural of the Hebrew Am Ha'aretz, which means "people of the land" and probalby which refers to peasants, or to "masses".

It is used to as a term for "ignorant", "unlearned".

Maurice Tszorf
Israel
Local time: 16:06
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  gfrim
2 days 5 hrs
agree  Rachel Gruenberger-Elbaz
72 days
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
hoi polloi (the common people, the masses)


Explanation:
This would be equivalent to the Greek "hoi polloi" meaning the common people, the masses, simple, ignorant folks.

judithyf
Local time: 16:06
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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2 days 23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
???


Explanation:
Amuratzem is not a Hebrew word.
How is Amuratzem spelt ?
The previous translators translated from Am Ha-Aretz.
Am Ha-Aretz is Hebrew. Amuratzem is ???
This is not right to put such dialects.
Liora

liora (X)
Israel
Local time: 16:06
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rotm (X)
17 hrs
disagree  Rachel Gruenberger-Elbaz: Yiddish is not a dialect but a language. Amuratzem is definitely based on Hebrew and Maurice is 100% right.
69 days
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