Jacob Knaani

Jacob Knaani
Native name
יעקב כנעני
Born1894 (1894)
Chișinău, Russian Empire
Died1978 (aged 83–84)
Jerusalem, Israel
OccupationLexicographer
Nationality Israel

Jacob Knaani (1894–1978) was a Bessarabia born, later Israeli, lexicographer.[1]

He is not to be confused with another Hebrew lexicographer, Judah Even Shemuel, who also had the German-Yiddish surname Kaufmann, and whose English-Hebrew dictionary was known as the Kaufmann Dictionary.

References

  1. ^ Shimeon Brisman A history and guide to Judaic dictionaries and concordances, Volume 3, Part 1