Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

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Jewish person human language revivalist lexicographer

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda was a Jewish lexicographer and revivalist who played a central role in transforming Hebrew into a modern spoken language and is often called the “father of Modern Hebrew.”

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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda canonical 1
Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda 1

Statements (49)

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instanceOf Jewish person ⓘ
human ⓘ
language revivalist ⓘ
lexicographer ⓘ
advocated Hebrew-only education in Jewish schools ⓘ
use of Hebrew as everyday spoken language ⓘ
birthName Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Mount of Olives NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath tuberculosis ⓘ
child Itamar Ben‑Avi NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1858-01-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1922-12-16 ⓘ
educatedAt yeshiva in Lithuania ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
familyName Ben‑Yehuda NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork Hebrew language ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ
founded Hebrew Language Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Eliezer NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificTitle father of Modern Hebrew ⓘ
influenced Hebrew language revival movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zionist cultural policy ⓘ
knownFor being called the father of Modern Hebrew ⓘ
revival of Hebrew as a modern spoken language ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
languageRevived Modern Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement Zionism ⓘ
name Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableIdea Hebrew should be the national language of the Jewish people ⓘ
notableWork Complete Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hebrew dictionary project NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
language activist ⓘ
lexicographer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Luzhki NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Vilna Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Jerusalem ⓘ
spouse Devora Jonas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hemda Ben‑Yehuda NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Second Aliyah (Jewish immigration wave, 1904–1914) → hasNotableParticipant → Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Aliyah
Ben Yehuda Street → namedAfter → Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda