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Revival of the Hebrew language

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (אליעזר בן יהודה) (1922–1858), is often regarded as the "reviver of the Hebrew language" ("מחייה השפה העברית"), yet his major contributions were ideological and symbolic; he was the first to raise the concept of reviving Hebrew, to publish articles in newspapers on the topic, and he took part in the project known as the Ben Yehuda Dictionary.


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