Bidspirit auction | Sefer Meturgeman - Isny, 1541

Sefer Meturgeman - Isny, 1541 - First Edition.   Signed Rabbi Chaim Segri. Sefer Meturgeman, Aramaic-Hebrew dictionary and explanation of the Aramaic words in the Targums of the Torah, by R. Eliyahu HaLevi Ashkenazi (R. Eliyahu Bachur). This book is the first fundamental work entirely dedicated to understanding the Aramaic language, in which several sacred books, the Targum Onkelos, and others were written. About this language, it is written in Bereishit Rabbah, ”Do not consider the Aramaic language lightly, for we find in the Bible that the KB”H, honors it.”    Even the Rema cites the words of ”the great grammarian R. Eliyahu, at the beginning of his book Meturgeman” (Responsa of the Rema, 130). It is known that the Vilna Gaon ” followed Rabbi Eliyahu Bachur in matters of grammar” (Tosefet Ma'aseh Rabbi 14b), and the 'Baal Shem' of Michelstadt recommended studying the Sefer Meturgeman to understand learning methods (Baal Shem of Michelstadt, Jerusalem 2006, p. 36). Isny (Germany): Paulus Fagius, 1541. Personal copy of the renowned gaon and capitalist Rabbi Chaim Segri (Otzar Rabbanim 6088), author of Binyan Av, who was sent in 1666 at the head of the rabbinical mission from Italy to investigate the ways of the false messiah Shabbetai Tzvi. He was among the leading rabbis of Italy in the time of Rabbi Shlomo Algazi. He served as the first rabbi of Vercelli, Italy, and was the patriarch of the Segri rabbinic dynasty of Vercelli [as well as the patriarch of the Segri banking family].  Pages : [4], 164, [2] leaves. Size: 30 Cm Condition : Overall in fine-very fine condition, first few pages and last few pages have some worm holes and repairs, nice binding.