University of Pennsylvania, Halper 311

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS25715

Shelfmark:

Halper 311

Title:

Judeo-Arabic essay on biblical homonyms

Lexicographical text

Place:

Orient

Date:

10 century-11th century?

tenth century (dates CE) AAT

eleventh century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic WIKIDATA

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Material:

complete; losses, hole in the center

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 folio : complete; losses, hole in the center

Note:

Commentary on a piyyuṭ? Halper (p. 164): "The writer explains the force of thirteen difficulat and rare words which are employed in this piyyuṭ, instead of easier synonyms, for the sake of effect [...]"; text commences with a numbered list (8-13) of words, with definitions in Arabic, and Biblical sources that infer various usage of the given word. Perhaps a forerunner of the Maḥberet of...
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.

Keyword:

Dictionaries

Early works

Bible. Old Testament

Jewish ethics

Hebrew language--Homonyms

Hebrew language

Hebrew language--Roots

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940419913503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p36q1t196/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania