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2 unusual facts about Judah ben David Hayyuj


Judah ben David Hayyuj

Besides the two treatises on verbs Hayyuj wrote Kitab al-Tanqit (The Book of Punctuation).

He furnishes a list of these verbs, together with their various forms occurring in the Bible.


Menahem ben Saruq

Judah ben David Hayyuj, one of these three young scholars who so effectually defended their master, became the founder of scientific Hebrew grammar; another, Isaac ibn Gikatilla, was subsequently, as one of the most learned men of Lucena, the teacher of Jonah ibn Janah.


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