Dunash ben Labrat, Hebrew Literature, Biographies

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Dunash ben Labrat[dOO´nAsh ben lA´brAt] Pronunciation Key, 920–90, Hebrew grammarian and poet, b. FEs. 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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