Ibn Janah, Jonah

Ibn Janah, Jonah
(fl. 11th cent)
   Spanish Hebrew grammarian and lexicographer. Born in C6rdoba, he settled in Zaragoza where he was a physician. He wrote studies of biblical exegesis and Hebrew philology. His Sepher ha-Dikduk includes a list of roots of Hebrew words, interpreted in the light of biblical and rabbinic literature and compared with other Semitic languages. It was translated from Arabic into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibbon.

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