David ben Abraham Alfasi
David ben Abraham Alfasi · Arts & Literature
Karaite lexicographer, author of an early Hebrew-Arabic dictionary of the Bible.
c. 950
Fez (Morocco) · Jerusalem
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David ben Abraham Alfasi was a tenth-century Karaite Jewish grammarian and lexicographer, originally from Fez, who settled in the Land of Israel. He compiled 'Kitab Jami al-Alfaz', one of the earliest Hebrew–Arabic dictionaries of the biblical vocabulary, a foundational work of medieval Hebrew philology. He was a Karaite Jew.
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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
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Karaite lexicographer, author of an early Hebrew-Arabic dictionary of the Bible.
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
