Jacob Knaani, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacob Knaani

lexicographer

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1894

Place of Birth: Hîncești, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldova

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1978

Profession: linguist, lexicographer

Nationality: Moldova, Israel

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Jacob Knaani (Kishenev, 1894-Jerusalem, 1978) was a Moldavian born, later Israeli, lexicographer.He is not to be confused with another Hebrew lexicographer, Judah Even Shemuel, who also had the German-Yiddish surname Kaufmann, and whose English-Hebrew dictionary was known as the Kaufmann Dictionary.