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Reuben Alcalay
Reuben Alcalay ראובן אלקלעי (also called Reuven; 1907 in Jerusalem – 1976 in Jerusalem) was an Israeli lexicographer and author of the most comprehensive English-Hebrew-English dictionary, which expanded the dictionaries of Ben-Yehuda ( Ben-Yehuda Dictionary), Avraham Even-Shoshan (Even-Shoshan Dictionary The Hebrew language, Hebrew dictionary by Avraham Even-Shoshan, commonly known as the ''Even-Shoshan Dictionary'', was first published (1948–1952) as " (''milon ḥadash'', ''A New Dictionary''), later (1966–1970) as (''hamilon heḥadash'', ...), Judah Even Shemuel (Kaufmann), Meir Medan, Harry Torczyner ( Tur-Sinai), and Jacob Knaani. His ''Complete English-Hebrew Dictionary'' (1961, 2,150 pages) aimed to contain all the modern Hebrew terms decided upon by the Hebrew Language Academy, and thousands of other new coinages from the Hebrew press literature. The first edition received a three-page review in the magazine of the American Jewish Congress in 1964. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. is a city in Western Asia. Situated on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea, it is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world and is considered to be a holy city for the three major Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Both Israelis and Palestinians claim Jerusalem as their Capital city, capital, as Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there and the State of Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power. Because of this dispute, Status of Jerusalem, neither claim is widely recognized internationally. Throughout History of Jerusalem, its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed at least twice, Sie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben-Yehuda
Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda ( he, אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֵּן־יְהוּדָה}; ; born Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman, 7 January 1858 – 16 December 1922) was a Russian–Jewish linguist, grammarian, and journalist, renowned as the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary, and the editor of ''HaZvi'', one of the first Hebrew newspapers published in the Land of Israel/Palestine. He was the main driving force behind the revival of the Hebrew language. Biography Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman (later Eliezer Ben-Yehuda) was born in Luzhki ( be, Лужкі (''Lužki''), Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus) to Yehuda Leib and Tzipora Perlman, who were Chabad ''hasidim''. He attended a Jewish elementary school (a "cheder") where he studied Hebrew and the Bible from the age of three, as was customary among the Jews of Eastern Europe. By the age of twelve, he had read large portions of the Torah, Mishna, and Talmud. His mother and uncle hoped he would become a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben-Yehuda Dictionary
The Ben-Yehuda Dictionary is a historical Hebrew language, Hebrew dictionary. The first volume was published in 1908 by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, while the last was published long after his death, in 1958 by his Hemda Ben-Yehuda, wife and his son. An important feature of the dictionary was its inclusion of various new words invented by Ben-Yehuda to describe modern objects which did not yet have words for them. Background In his youth, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda studied in a Yeshiva where he was introduced to the Hebrew language. He was told by his Lithuanian friends that the Jews are not a nation and cannot be a nation because they don't speak in one distinct language, That claim inspired his unique perspective that two things will fully unite the Jews into one nation: The land of Israel and the Hebrew language. He expresses that perception in the article "A Burning Question" (Hebrew: שאלה לוהטה) which was published in "''Ha-Shaḥar"'' newspaper. Three years later he wrote the follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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