Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a scientist Eliezer Ben-Yehuda.
Last updated on September 19, 2024.
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda was the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary, and the editor of HaZvi, one of the first newspapers in the Land of Israel / Palestine. He was the driving force behind the revival of the Hebrew language.

If we wish that the name Israel be not extinguished, then we are in duty bound to create something which may serve as a center for our entire people, like the heart in an organism, from which the blood will stream into all the arteries of the national body and fill it with life.
The Hebrew language will go from the synagogue to the house of study, and from the house of study to the school, and from the school it will come into the home and... become a living language
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