Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer, 1858-1922
Variant namesEliezer Ben‑Yehuda was born Eliezer Isaac Perlman in Luzhki in the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire. In 1877 Ben-Yehuda went to Paris for four years and studied at the Sorbonne University. It was in Paris that he met a Jew from Jerusalem, who spoke Hebrew with him. It was this conversation that convinced him that the revival of Hebrew as the language of a nation was feasible.
In 1881 Ben-Yehuda joined the First Aliyah and immigrated to Palestine and settled in Jerusalem. Motivated by the surrounding ideals of renovation and rejection of the diaspora lifestyle, Ben-Yehuda set out to develop a new language that could replace Yiddish and other regional dialects as a means of everyday communication between Jews who moved to the Land of Israel from various regions of the world.
In December 1922, Ben-Yehuda, 64, died of tuberculosis, from which he suffered most of his life.
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
|---|---|---|---|
| referencedIn | Yehuda Leib Gordon Collection. אוסף יל"ג. אסף יהודה ליב גורדון. | National Library of Israel, Jewish National Library | |
| referencedIn | Pool, Tamar Hirshenson de Sola, 1893-. Papers, 1925-1979. | Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library | |
| referencedIn | ארכיון אברהם יצחק הכהן קוק Abraham Isaac Kook Archive | National Library of Israel, Jewish National Library | |
| referencedIn | Abraham Shalom Friedberg Collection. אוסף אברהם שלום פרידברג. | National Library of Israel, Jewish National Library | |
| referencedIn | אוסף צבי מיתר. Zvi Meitar Collection.Zvi Meitar Collection. | National Library of Israel, Jewish National Library | |
| referencedIn | Joseph Klausner Archive. ארכיון יוסף גדליהו בן יהודה ליב קלוזנר. | National Library of Israel, Jewish National Library | |
| referencedIn | ארכיון יעקב כנעני Yaakov Kna'ani Archive | National Library of Israel, Jewish National Library | |
| creatorOf | A43 - בן-יהודה אליעזר | World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archives | |
| referencedIn | Abraham Schwadron Collection. אסף אברהם שבדרון. | National Library of Israel, Jewish National Library | |
| referencedIn | Chaim Hirschensohn Archive. ארכיון חיים הירשנזון. | National Library of Israel, Jewish National Library |
| Role | Title | Holding Repository |
|---|
Filters:
| Relation | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| associatedWith | Pool, Tamar Hirshenson de Sola, 1893- | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republic of Lithuania | 00 | LT | |
| Jerusalem | 06 | IL | |
| State of Israel | 00 | IL |
| Subject |
|---|
| Hebrew language |
| Occupation |
|---|
| Activity |
|---|
Person
Birth 1858-01-07
Death 1922-12-16
Male
Israelis
Hebrew
