Jonah ibn Janah (Judeo-Arabic: יוֹנָה אִבְּן גַּ֗נָאח, romanized: Yonāh ibn Janāḥ) or ibn Janach,[1] born Abū al-Walīd Marwān ibn Janāḥ ( Arabic: أبو الوليد مروان بن جناح),[2] (c. 990 – c. 1055), was a Jewish rabbi, physician and Hebrew grammarian active in al-Andalus (Muslim-ruled Spain). Born in Córdoba, ibn Janah was mentored there by Isaac ibn Gikatilla and Isaac ibn Mar Saul, before he moved around 1012, due to the sacking of the city by Berbers. He then settled in Zaragoza, where he wrote Kitab al-Mustalhaq, which expanded on the research of Judah ben David Hayyuj and led to a series of controversial exchanges with Samuel ibn Naghrillah that remained unresolved during their lifetimes.
His magnum opus, Kitab al-Tanqīḥ, contained both the first complete grammar for Hebrew and a dictionary of Biblical Hebrew, and is considered "the most influential Hebrew grammar for centuries"[3] and a foundational text in Hebrew scholarship. Ibn Janah is considered a very influential scholar in the field of Hebrew grammar; his works and theories were popular and cited by Hebrew scholars in Europe and the Middle East. His second seminal work of no less importance was a book entitled Kitāb al-Talkhīṣ ("Book of the Commentary"), being the oldest monograph on the nomenclature of simple drugs.[4]
^Scherman 1982, p. 63
^Brisman 2000, p. 12
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JonahibnJanah (Judeo-Arabic: יוֹנָה אִבְּן גַּ֗נָאח, romanized: Yonāh ibnJanāḥ) or ibn Janach, born Abū al-Walīd Marwān ibnJanāḥ ( Arabic: أبو الوليد...
Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra (Hebrew: ר׳ אַבְרָהָם בֶּן מֵאִיר אִבְּן עֶזְרָא ʾAḇrāhām ben Mēʾīr ʾībən ʾĒzrāʾ, often abbreviated as ראב"ע; Arabic: إبراهيم...
Arabic. Important Hebrew grammarians were Judah ben David Hayyuj, JonahibnJanah, Abraham ibn Ezra and later (in Provence), David Kimhi. A great deal of poetry...
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in medieval Spain by grammarians such as Judah ben David Hayyuj and JonahibnJanah and later restated in a modified form by the Kimhi family; the current...
Roots") draws heavily on the earlier works of Judah ben David Hayyuj and JonahibnJanah, as well as from the work of his father. These two books were originally...
Pentateuch, Exo. 12:22), Nathan ben Abraham I in Mishnah Uktzin 2:2, Rabbi JonahibnJanah (Sefer HaShorashim - Book of the Roots, s.v. אזב - aleph, zayn, bet)...
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Bible, known as `Kitāb Jāmiʿ al-Alfāẓ`, vol. 1, s.v. אזוב), Rabbi JonahibnJanah (Sefer HaShorashim - Book of the Roots, s.v. אזב - aleph, zayn, bet)...
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which is supported by the frequent reference to him as "ben Alfasi" or "ibn Alfasi" by the authorities closest to him in time and place. He studied in...
the toughest surfaces, but according to Rabbi David Kimhi and Rabbi JonahibnJanah, was a stone stronger than iron (possibly Naxian stone). The word has...
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Catalan original is no longer extant; but a Hebrew translation by Joseph ibn Shem-Tov, with the title ("Refutation of the Cardinal Principles of the Christians")...
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