χᾰμ-αί G5476
on the ground, to the ground, earthward
χαμαί is an adverb meaning 'on the ground' or 'to the ground'—at ground level, earthward. John uses it twice in quick succession in his Gospel. In John 9:6, Jesus spits χαμαί ('on the ground'), makes mud with the saliva, and spreads it on the blind man's eyes before sending him to wash in Siloam. In John 18:6, when Jesus declares 'I am he' to those coming to arrest him, they 'drew back and fell to the ground (ἔπεσαν χαμαί)'—the divine name's power knocking them down. Both uses involve action toward or at ground level.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — The two uses show χαμαί in contexts of Christ's power. In John 9:6, Jesus stoops to the ground to create healing mud, demonstrating incarnational humility—God touching earth to bring light. In John 18:6, his divine self-revelation sends his arresters to the ground, demonstrating sovereign power—even those coming to seize him fall prostrate. The French à terre and Spanish a tierra preserve the groundward direction. Jesus both stoops to earth in mercy and casts down to earth in judgment. 2×
AR["أَرْضًا", "عَلى-الأَرض"]·ben["মাটিতে", "মাটিতে।"]·DE["zu-Boden"]·EN["on-ground", "on-the-ground"]·FR["à-terre"]·heb["אַרְצָה"]·HI["ज़मीन-पर", "भूमि-पर"]·ID["ke-tanah"]·IT["chamai"]·jav["siti.", "wonten-ing-siti,"]·KO["땅-에", "땅에"]·PT["no-chão", "por-terra"]·RU["на-землю,", "на-землю."]·ES["a-tierra", "en-tierra"]·SW["chini"]·TR["yere"]·urd["زمین پر", "زمین-پر"]
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H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
Referencia BDB / Léxico
χᾰμ-αί, adverb on the ground, χ. ἧσθαι Refs 8th c.BC+; of birds, ποιεῖν νεοττιὰν χ., opposed to ἐπὶ δένδρου, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 metaphorically, ἐσλὸν χ. σιγᾷ καλύψαι to bury in silence underground, Refs 5th c.BC+; χ. ἐρχόμενοι cleaving to earth, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II ={χαμᾶζε}, to earth, ἐν κονίῃσι χ. πέσεν Refs 8th c.BC+to the ground, NT+5th c.BC+. (Cf. Latin humus, humi, Lithuanian ž[etilde]mė 'earth'.)