Rabbi Jonah ibn Janah

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Rabbi Jonah ibn Janah was an 11th-century Andalusian Jewish grammarian and lexicographer renowned for pioneering systematic Hebrew grammar and comparative Semitic linguistics.

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instanceOf Andalusian Jew ⓘ
Jewish grammarian ⓘ
lexicographer ⓘ
medieval rabbi ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthCentury 10th century ⓘ
contributedTo analysis of Hebrew verb patterns ⓘ
classification of Hebrew roots ⓘ
integration of Arabic grammatical methods into Hebrew studies ⓘ
culturalContext Andalusian Jewish culture ⓘ
deathCentury 11th century ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
fieldOfWork Hebrew grammar ⓘ
biblical exegesis ⓘ
comparative Semitic linguistics ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ
floruitCentury 11th century ⓘ
influenced Abraham ibn Ezra ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Ezra

later medieval Hebrew grammarians ⓘ
influencedBy Rabbi Judah ben David Hayyuj ⓘ
languageOfWorks Arabic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
legacy considered one of the founders of scientific Hebrew grammar ⓘ
mainWork Kitāb al-Lumaʿ ⓘ
Kitāb al-Tanqīḥ ⓘ
methodology comparative analysis of Semitic languages ⓘ
name Abu al-Walīd Marwān ibn Janāḥ ⓘ
Jonah ibn Janah ⓘ
Rabbi Jonah ibn Janah ⓘ
notableFor comparative study of Hebrew and Arabic ⓘ
foundational work in medieval Hebrew linguistics ⓘ
pioneering systematic Hebrew grammar ⓘ
occupation grammarian ⓘ
lexicographer ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
region al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Al-Andalus
religion Judaism ⓘ
subjectOf studies in history of Hebrew linguistics ⓘ
usedLanguageForScholarship Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
wroteAbout Hebrew Bible vocabulary ⓘ
Hebrew morphology ⓘ
Hebrew syntax ⓘ

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Ibn Ezra → influencedBy → Rabbi Jonah ibn Janah ⓘ
Radak → influencedBy → Rabbi Jonah ibn Janah ⓘ
Rabbi Jonah ibn Janah → name → Rabbi Jonah ibn Janah ⓘ