Solomon ibn Parhon
Solomon ibn Parhon · Arts & Literature
Grammarian and lexicographer, author of the Hebrew dictionary 'Mahberet he-Aruk.'
Calatayud (Qal'at Ayyub), Aragon, Spain — c. 1167
Spain · Italy
Solomon ibn Parhon is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Grammarian and lexicographer, author of the Hebrew dictionary 'Mahberet he-Aruk.'
Solomon ben Abraham ibn Parhon was a 12th-century Spanish-Jewish Hebrew grammarian and lexicographer, a student of Judah ha-Levi and Abraham ibn Ezra, who completed his biblical dictionary 'Mahberet he-Arukh' in Salerno, Italy, in 1160. The work helped transmit the advanced Hebrew linguistics of Sephardic scholars to the Jews of Christian Europe. He was Jewish.
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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
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Grammarian and lexicographer, author of the Hebrew dictionary 'Mahberet he-Aruk.'
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
