Jacob Knaani ( Kishenev, 1894-

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

, 1978) was a

Bessarabia Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...

born, later Israeli, lexicographer.Shimeon Brisman ''A history and guide to Judaic dictionaries and concordances,'' Volume 3, Part 1 He is not to be confused with another Hebrew lexicographer,

Judah Even Shemuel Yehuda Even Shemuel (Ukraine, 1886-Jerusalem, 1976) was an Israeli Jewish scholar, translator and lexicographer. He won the Israel Prize in 1973. Yehuda Kaufman (later Even Shemuel) was born in Balta, Ukraine. He studied in three yeshivot ...

, who also had the German-Yiddish surname Kaufmann, and whose English-Hebrew dictionary was known as the ''Kaufmann Dictionary''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Knaani, Jacob 1894 births 1978 deaths Writers from Chișinău People from Kishinyovsky Uyezd Moldovan Jews Jews from Mandatory Palestine Israeli people of Moldovan-Jewish descent Israeli lexicographers 20th-century lexicographers Romanian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Jewish lexicographers