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- Ben-Yehuda Dictionary, the first modern Hebrew dictionary, compiled by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, whose first volumes were published in 1908.
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Strong's Concordance, a Bible concordance first published in 1890, that indexes every word in the King James Version, including the 8674 Biblical Hebrew root words used in the Old Testament, and includes a Hebrew English dictionary.
Ben-Yehuda's dictionary was the most popular and comprehensive dictionary of the Hebrew language among the people until "Even-Shoshan Dictionary" by Avraham Even-Shoshan was published. The dictionary made significant contributions to the lexicographic research of the Hebrew language.
Ben-Yehuda began collecting material for the creation of a Modern Hebrew dictionary when he arrived in Israel, and never ceased expanding the language, frequently spending 18-hour workdays developing new words and writing articles.
The Hebrew lexicons of the past, edited or printed for the first time, have been mentioned above. Julius Fürst was most active as lexicographer, publishing a new edition of the Bible concordance. In 1842 he issued a Hebrew-Chaldee school lexicon; and in 1869 a Hebrew pocket-dictionary to the Old Testament.
First and foremost is the Eliezer Ben-Yehuda 26-volume dictionary, monumental work of erudition and scholarship by “the reviver of the Hebrew language”, the publication of which started in 1908 but ended only in 1959.
Jul 20, 2020 · Eliezer worked long hours for most of the remainder of his life to compile the first modern Hebrew dictionary, in which he sought to standardize the spelling, punctuation and pronunciation of both ancient and modern Hebrew.
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Jan 5, 2024 · Eliezer Ben Yehuda (7 January 1858 – 16 December 1922), a Russian–Jewish linguist, grammarian, and journalist, was renowned as the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary. He was the main driving force behind the revival of the Hebrew language.
