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Yitzhak ben Barun ben Yosef Benveniste ( he, יצחק בן ברון בן יוסף בנבנשת), also known by his Arabic name Abū Ibrahīm Iṣḥāq ibn Barūn (died 1128 in Málaga) was an 11th-century

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grammarian of

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and

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, mainly known for his influential book entitled ''The Book of Comparison between the Hebrew and the Arabic Languages'', in which he traces parallels between hundreds of Arabic and Hebrew words. He was a pupil of Rabbi Levi ibn Altabban. He was highly revered by his friends and successors, the Hebrew poets and grammarians Moses ibn Ezra and

Judah Halevi Judah Halevi (also Yehuda Halevi or ha-Levi; he, יהודה הלוי and Judah ben Shmuel Halevi ; ar, يهوذا اللاوي ''Yahuḏa al-Lāwī''; 1075 – 1141) was a Spanish Jewish physician, poet and philosopher. He was born in Spain, ...

, who had both written poems in his honour. ----

References

* Ibn Barun, Abu Ibrahim. "Kitab al-Muwazzanah" (The Book of Comparisons), ed. P. Kokowzoff (St. Petersburg, 1893) * Wechter, Pinchas. "Ibn Barun's Arabic Works on Hebrew Grammar and Lexicography," (Philadelphia: Dropsie College, 1964). Medieval Hebraists 12th-century Jews of Al-Andalus 11th-century births 1128 deaths 11th-century Jews of Al-Andalus {{hebrew-lang-stub