Dunash ben Labrat , 920-90, Hebrew grammarian and poet, b. Fès. He was also called Rabbi Adonim Halevy (ha-Levi). He wrote an exhaustive criticism of Menahem's Hebrew lexicon, adding to and correcting it, and was the first to adapt the Arabic meter to Hebrew poetry.
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Quoting Scriptures
Artforum; 4/1/2007; Perloff, Marjorie; 1588 words;
... a young Moroccan Jewish poet named Dunash ben Labrat arrived in the Andalusian city of Cordoba ... Basque descent 'Abd al-Rahmaan III. Dunash had studied in Baghdad, then considered ... Babylonian Jewish academy of Sura, Sa'adia ben Yosef al-Fayuumi, a man of great learning ... by side with their ...
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The 'Genius' Of Poetry
The New York Jewish Week; 10/19/2007; Brawarsky, Sandee; 1377 words;
... a woman, known as the Wife of Dunash, is included, written on the occasion ... from Spain of her husband, poet Dunash Ben Labrat, whose work is the earliest represented ... culture and literary modes. As Dunash Ben Labrat wrote, "Let scripture be your ...
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