Tzemach David / Dittionario Novo Hebraico [trilingual lexicon]

Celebrated Hebrew, Aramaic, Latin and Italian dictionary presenting definitions from Kimchi’s Shorashim, Levita’s Tishbi, and Nathan ben Yechiel’s Aruch, within which are numerous historical and scientific observations and discourses. Trained as a medical doctor, de Pomis’s expositions of Biblical and Talmudic terms comprise a good deal of curious and interesting medieval scientific lore. The introductory pages embody the author’s genealogy and autobiography, and recount the remakable history of the ancient de Pomis family, brought in chains to Italy from the Land of Israel by Emperor Titus following his destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 C.E. In his memoirs, the distinguished historian Arnaldo Momigliano recalls as a child having daily used the Tzemach David dictionary. See A. Momigliano, Essays on Ancient and Modern Judaism (Chicago, 1994), p. 124