Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
January 7, 1858 –December 16, 1922
Lexicographer, Linguist, Journalist, Grammarian, Newspaper editor
Lived 64 years
- Born in
- Lužki
- Passed away in
- Jerusalem
Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda (born Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman; 7 January 1858 – 16 December 1922) was a Jewish linguist, lexicographer, and journalist who immigrated to Jerusalem in 1881, when the Ottoman Empire ruled it. He is renowned as the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary and also as the editor of Jerusalem-based HaZvi, one of the first Hebrew newspapers published in Mandatory Palestine. Ben-Yehuda was the primary driving force behind the revival of the Hebrew language.
Education: Daugavpils State Gymnasium
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