Aharon Mazia

1858–1930 (age 72)

Biography

Aharon Mazia devoted himself to lexicography, compiling reference works that drew on diverse traditions to preserve Hebrew vocabulary for the modern era.

He passed away in 1930 and is interred on the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery, where scholars still honor the clarity he brought to language study.

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