8vo. Approximately 600 pages. In Hebrew. SUBJECT (S) : Hebrew language -- Dictionaries. Hebrew language -- Dictionaries -- Yiddish. Yiddish language -- Dictionaries -- Hebrew. Ben Zeev was a Polish grammarian and lexicographer; "the first Jewish scholar to apply Western research methods to the study of Hebrew....His most important achievement is Ozar ha-Shorashim (Vienna, 1807-08) , a Hebrew-German and German-Hebrew dictionary which was inspired by the works of David Kimhi. It is arranged in alphabetical order, e. G. , in the German section, verbs with prefixes are listed alphabetically according to the prefixes; the definitions of the terms often include synonyms and examples of usage taken either from the Bible directly or cited in sentences formulated in biblical style; the German terms are written in Hebrew characters. Ben Ze'ev laid the basis for the modern Hebrew terminology in linguistics, translating grammatical terms from German into Hebrew and indicating their German equivalent. " (EJ) OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Front board and backstrip not present. Rear board very worn. Bit of chipping to edges of title page, and notation in margin in sepia ink. Usual age staining. Binding tight. Good condition. (GER-12-19)