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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Eliezer
Ben¿Yehuda (Eliezer ben-Yehuda; 7 January 1858-16 December 1922) was a
Jewish lexicographer and newspaper editor. He was the driving spirit
behind the revival of the Hebrew language in the modern era. Ben-Yehuda
was a major figure in the establishment of the Committee of the Hebrew
Language (Va'ad HaLaschon), later the Academy of the Hebrew Language, an
organization that still exists today. He was the author of the first
modern Hebrew dictionary and became known as the "reviver" of the Hebrew
language, despite opposition to some of the words he coined. Many of
these words have become part and parcel of the language but others -
some 2,000 words - never caught on. His word for "tomato," for instance,
was badura, but Hebrew speakers today use the word agvania.
