- Alfasi, David (David ben Abraham Alfasi)
- (fl. 10th cent)Karaite grammarian and commentator. Originally from Fez, he settled in Palestine. He composed a Hebrew-Arabic lexicon of the Bible.
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Alfasi, David (David ben Abraham Alfasi)
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