Which scholar and lexicographer devoted his life to reviving spoken Hebrew as a modern living vernacular language, creating the first modern Hebrew dictionary?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
- Step 1: Eliezer Ben-Yehuda arrived in Jerusalem in 1881 with the conviction that national revival required a common spoken language.
- Step 2: He raised the first modern native Hebrew-speaking child (Ittamar Ben-Avi), coined hundreds of modern words from ancient roots, and compiled the 16-volume Complete Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Hebrew.
Answer
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda.
Why not the others: Ahad Ha'am was an essayist and leader of Cultural Zionism; Chaim Nachman Bialik was the national Hebrew poet; Max Nordau was a co-founder of the World Zionist Organization alongside Herzl.
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