Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן־יְהוּדָה‎
Born
Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman

(1858-01-07)7 January 1858
Luzhki, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire (now Belarus)
Died16 December 1922(1922-12-16) (aged 64)
Jerusalem, British Mandate for Palestine
Resting placeMount of Olives, Jerusalem
31°46′42″N 35°14′38″E / 31.77833°N 35.24389°E / 31.77833; 35.24389
Alma materSorbonne University
Occupations
  • Linguist
  • journalist
OrganizationHaZvi
Known forReviving the Hebrew language
MovementZionism
Spouses
  • Devora Jonas
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    ​
    (m. 1881; died 1891)​
  • ​
    (m. 1891)​
Children

Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda[a] (born Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman;[b] 7 January 1858 – 16 December 1922)[1] was a Russian–Jewish linguist, lexicographer, and journalist. 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 the Land of Israel. Ben-Yehuda was the primary driving force behind the revival of the Hebrew language.


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  1. ^ Green, David B. (7 January 2013). "This Day in Jewish History – 1858: Hebrew's Reviver Is Born". Haaretz. Retrieved 5 January 2019.