26.483, FYI: Ma'agarim: The Historical Dictionary of the Hebrew

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LINGUIST List: Vol-26-483. Fri Jan 23 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.483, FYI: Ma'agarim: The Historical Dictionary of the Hebrew

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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 17:00:24
From: Israel Cohen [cohen.izzy at gmail.com]
Subject: Ma'agarim: The Historical Dictionary of the Hebrew

 
Excerpts from a post received from Charles Jones

The paramount project of the Academy of the Hebrew Language is its Historical
Dictionary. This dictionary answers questions such as: 
- When did the word first enter the language? 
- Is it still in use? 
- What was the word’s original form and meaning? 
- How did if change over time?

This project has accumulated texts of all extant Hebrew compositions from the
time of the canonization of the Hebrew Bible until the end of the Geonic
period plus selections of Hebrew literature from the mid-18th century until
the founding of the State of Israel. Medieval compositions have recently been
processed into the database.

This unique database is now available free to the public at 
http://maagarim.hebrew-academy.org.il/Pages/PMain.aspx

A Hebrew PowerPoint presentation explaining how to use the database is at
http://daf.hebrew-academy.org.il/maagarim-help/
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Lexicography
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Hebrew (heb)
                     Hebrew, Ancient (hbo)





 






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