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Ezra Zion Melamed

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Ezra Zion Melamed
עזרא ציון מלמד
Born(1903-11-22)22 November 1903
Died9 March 1994(1994-03-09) (aged 90)
Occupation(s)Rabbi, scholar, lexicographer
Notable workBiblical interpretation, Rabbinical literature, Aramaic lexicography
AwardsIsrael Prize (1987)

Rabbi Ezra Zion Melamed (Hebrew: עזרא ציון מלמד, also ע"צ מלמד, November 22, 1903[1] – March 9, 1994[2]) was an Israeli biblical and Talmudic scholar, and lexicographer of Aramaic language.[1] He was born in Shiraz, Persia in 1903.[3] He won the 1987 Israel Prize for his work in Biblical interpretation and Rabbinical literature.[4] He was the rabbi of the Persian Jewish community in Jerusalem, succeeding his father's position.[1]

Works

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  • Melamed, Ezra Zion (1927). מלון אספרנטי־עברי : (בצרוף מבנה השפה ודקדוקה, תרגילים וספורים) [Esperanto–Hebrew Dictionary]. Jerusalem. OCLC 62527530.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Melamed, Ezra Zion (2005). Aramaic-Hebrew-English dictionary of the Babylonian Talmud. Feldheim Publishers. ISBN 9781583307762.
  • Melamed, Ezra Zion (1961). Chaim Rabin (ed.). "Break-up of Stereotype Phrases as an Artistic Device in Biblical Poetry". Scripta Hierosolymitana. 8. Jerusalem: Hebrew University of Jerusalem: 115–153. ISSN 0080-8369.

References

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  1. ^ a b c הרב פרופ' ע"צ מלמד בן תשעים (PDF). Akadem (in Hebrew) (2). Jerusalem: The Academy of the Hebrew Language: 2. January 1994. ISSN 0793-0593. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  2. ^ פרופ' ע"צ מלמד ז"ל (PDF). Akadem (in Hebrew) (3): 3. June 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  3. ^ Who's Who Israel. 1968. p. lxxviii. OCLC 1769848.
  4. ^ Safrai, Shmuel (1987). Betsalel, Yitshak (ed.). הרב פרופסור עזרא ציון מלמד (PDF). Pe'amim (in Hebrew) (31). Jerusalem: Mekhon Ben-Tsvi: 154–155. ISSN 0334-4088. Retrieved 20 November 2012.