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Legal name
Sivan, Reuven Betzalel
Other names
ראובן סיון
Silman, Reuven (birth)
Birthdate
1912-06-28
Date of death
1994-11-24
Gender
male
Education
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Occupations
linguist
translator
Short biography
Reuven Sivan (Silman) was born in Jerusalem on June 28, 1912 to his father the writer and educator Kaddish Yehuda Silman. Sivan graduated from the Hebrew Gymnasium, the Hebrew Teachers' School and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He served alternately as an editor of publications at the Ministry of Education and Culture, a lecturer in Hebrew at the University of Leeds in England (1954-1956), a lecturer in linguistics, editor of the language section in "Kol Israel" and a language teacher in midrash schools for teachers and kindergarten teachers.
His main occupation was linguistic studies.
Nationality
Israel
Birthplace
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Places of residence
Jerusalem, Israel
Associated Place (for map)
Israel

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One of the few dictionaries out there that use, and alphabetize entries by, Modern Hebrew (plene) spelling.
NO OF PAGES: 325 SUB CAT I: Hebrew SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: The most up-to-date and comprehensive one-volume English/Hebrew, Hebrew/English Dictionary available anywhere in the world. Pages approximate.NOTES: SUBTITLE:

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