Avraham Even-Shoshan

Avraham Even-Shoshan
Avraham Even-Shoshan
אברהם אבן־שוֹשן
	Avraham and Shlomo Even-Shoshan
Born	Avraham Rosenstein; 25 December 1906; Minsk, Russian Empire; (now Belarus)
Died	8 August 1984 (aged 77); Tel Aviv, Israel
Resting place	Har HaMenuchot, Jerusalem
Alma mater	College for Hebrew Teachers; Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
Occupation(s)	Linguist and lexicographer
Notable work	Even-Shoshan Dictionary
Awards	1978 Israel Prize for language; 1981 Bialik Prize for Jewish thought;

Avraham Even-Shoshan (né Rozenshteyn; 25 December 1906 – 8 August 1984) was a Belarusian-born Israeli Hebrew linguist and lexicographer, compiler of the Even-Shoshan dictionary, one of the foremost dictionaries of the Hebrew language.

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