Reuben Alcalay | |
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| Native name | ראובן אלקלעי |
| Born | 1907 (1907) Jerusalem,  Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1976 (aged 68–69) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Occupation | Lexicographer, author |
| Nationality |  Israel |
| Notable works | Complete English-Hebrew Dictionary (1961),Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary (1965) |
Reuben Alcalay ראובן אלקלעי (also called Reuven; 1907 inJerusalem – 1976 in Jerusalem) was an Israeli lexicographer[1] and author of the most comprehensive[citation needed] English-Hebrew-English dictionary, which expanded the dictionaries ofBen-Yehuda (Ben-Yehuda Dictionary),Avraham Even-Shoshan (Even-Shoshan Dictionary),Judah Even Shemuel (Kaufmann), Meir Medan,Harry Torczyner (Tur-Sinai), andJacob Knaani.
HisComplete English-Hebrew Dictionary (1961, 2,150 pages) aimed to contain all the modern Hebrew terms decided upon by theHebrew Language Academy, and thousands of other new coinages from the Hebrew press literature.[2] The first edition received a three-page review in the magazine of the American Jewish Congress in 1964.[3] The companion volume,Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary, (מילון אנגלי עברי שלם) was published in 1965.
The dictionary contains entries and translations without pronunciation or examples. It is numbered by column rather than page.
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