Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858–1922)
Author of Hebrew/English Dictionary
About the Author
Image credit: Eliezer Ben-Yehuda working on his dictionary
Works by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda : a symposium in Oxford — Author — 2 copies
החלום ושברו 2 copies
Dictionary and Thesaurus of the Hebrew Language: Complete International Centennial Edition 8 Volumes 1 copy
ʻAd ematai dibru ʻivrit? 1 copy
Thesaurus totius Hebraitatis et veteris et recentioris = Millōn hallāšōn hā-ʿibrit haj-ješāna… 1 copy
Milon ha-lashon ha-ivrith 1 copy
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Eliezer Ben Yehuda : his life and achievements — Associated Name — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer
- Other names
- Perelman, Eliezer Yiẓḥak (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1858-01-07
- Date of death
- 1922-12-16
- Burial location
- Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Russian Empire (birth)
Ottoman Empire
Mandatory Palestine - Birthplace
- Luzhki, Vilna Governate, Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
- Places of residence
- Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
- Occupations
- lexicographer
newspaper editor - Short biography
- Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda, né Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman, was born to a Jewish family in Luzhki, present-day Belarus. He was the main driving force behind the revival of Hebrew as a modern language. He was a talented linguist and grammarian who spoke Hebrew, French, German, and Russian. He worked as a journalist and writer for Jewish newspapers in Europe and, after he emigrated in 1881, in Israel, then part of the Ottoman Empire. His household was the first exclusively Hebrew-speaking home established in the country. He became famous as the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary, and the founder and editor of Ha Zvi, one of the first Hebrew newspapers published in Israel.
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