Greek grammarian and lexicographer; flourished at the end of the thirteenth or about the middle of the fourteenth century. He was the author of a still unpublished work entitled "Menorat ha-Ma'or," a Hebrew lexicon preceded by a short grammar, the latter being dedicated to a certain Elijah b. Hananeel ha-Levi. The lexicon reached no further than the root
Bibliography:
- Dukes, in Orient, Lit. 10:705,727,745;
- Steinschneider, Jewish Literature, p. 140;
- Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. , No. 875b.
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