Eleazar ben yehuda biography channel

Russian-Jewish linguist and journalist (–)

"Ben-Yehuda" redirects here.

Eleazar ben yehuda biography channel

For other people with the surname, see Ben-Yehuda. For a general overview, see Ben-Yehuda (disambiguation).

Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda^[a] (born Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman;^[b] 7 January – 16 December )^[1] was a Russian–Jewish linguist, lexicographer, and journalist.

He is renowned as the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary and also as the editor of Jerusalem-based HaZvi, one of the first Hebrew newspapers published in the Land of Israel. Ben-Yehuda was the primary driving force behind the revival of the Hebrew language.

Early life and education

Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman (later Eliezer Ben-Yehuda) was born in Luzhki in the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus) to Yehuda Leib and Tzipora Perlman, who were Chabadhasidim.^[1] His native language was Yiddish.^[2] He attended a Jewish elementary school (a