Eliezer Ben-Yehuda: Difference between revisions
Created page with "Eliezer Ben-Yehuda is the revivor of the Hebrew language. He has created new words, and have wrote many hebrew articles and essays in many places, including his own newspaper ''HaTzvi''. Along with Ahad Ha‘am, Ben-Yehuda was an advocate of Cultural Zionism. ==Quotes== *To conquer the land of our forefathers before us, not by force, nor by the power of weapons and war, but through a spirit of loyalty to the ruler of the land and by the power of money; an..." |
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*To conquer the land of our forefathers before us, not by force, nor by the power of weapons and war, but through a spirit of loyalty to the ruler of the land and by the power of money; and he calls it by the name: ‘The Society for the Redeemers of the Land.’ | *To conquer the land of our forefathers before us, not by force, nor by the power of weapons and war, but through a spirit of loyalty to the ruler of the land and by the power of money; and he calls it by the name: ‘The Society for the Redeemers of the Land.’ | ||
**In “[https://benyehuda.org/read/48598 Revival of Israel]” | **In “[https://benyehuda.org/read/48598 Revival of Israel]” | ||
*I saw a Hebrew people in the ancient land of the Hebrews. A small people, a people few in number, scattered and dispersed among nations and tongues. Yet a people that speaks in its own language, and at times even compels others to know its tongue and to speak it. | |||
**In ''HaTzvi'', 21 November 1909, “[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/?a=d&d=hzv19091121-01.2.15 For the Development of the Hebrew Language in Palestine]”. | |||
*To Palestine in the next few years will come its sons from the east and the west, from the north and from the ''negev'' (south). Russia’s Jews and Yemen’s Jews and Babylon’s Jews and the Jews of Europe. Each man speaks the language of the land from which he came, and yet all know and recognize that they are brothers. And only Hebrew itself unites them all together into one family. | |||
**In ''HaTzvi'', 21 November 1909, “[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/?a=d&d=hzv19091121-01.2.15 For the Development of the Hebrew Language in Palestine]”. |