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Author: Radak

Composed: Provence, France, c.1185 – c.1235 CE

Sefer Hashorashim (“The Book of Roots”) is a 13th-century dictionary of the Hebrew language by Rav David Kimchi (known as the Radak). With definitions based upon etymology and comparisons between languages, the work draws heavily on earlier works of Rabbi Judah ben David Hayyuj and Rabbi Jonah ibn Janah, as well as on the work of the Radak’s father.

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