Moses Kimhi

Moses Kimhi (died c. 1190, Narbonne?, Toulouse, Fr.) was a European author of an influential Hebrew grammar, Mahalakh shevile ha-daʿat (“Journey on the Paths of Knowledge”). The elder son of the grammarian and biblical exegete Joseph Kimhi and teacher of his more renowned brother, David Kimhi, he shared with them the accomplishment of establishing Hebrew-language studies. His grammar was remarkably brief, which may account for its long popularity. It passed into Latin translation in 1508...