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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Jewish grammarian, Newspaper editor and Zionist

Died when: 64 years 343 days (779 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (Hebrew: ?????????? ??????????????; pronounced [?eli'?ezer ben jehu'da]; born Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman, 7 January 1858 – 16 December 1922) was the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary, and the editor of HaZvi, one of the first newspapers in the Land of Israel / Palestine.

He was the main driving force behind the revival of the Hebrew language.


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