Ezra Zion Melamed

{{short description|Israeli scholar}}

{{Expand Hebrew|topic=bio|date=November 2012}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Ezra Zion Melamed

| native_name = עזרא ציון מלמד

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|11|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Shiraz, Persia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|3|9|1903|11|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Jerusalem, Israel

| occupation = Rabbi, scholar, lexicographer

| notable_works = Biblical interpretation, Rabbinical literature, Aramaic lexicography

| awards = Israel Prize (1987)

}}

Rabbi Ezra Zion Melamed ({{langx|he|עזרא ציון מלמד}}, also ע"צ מלמד, November 22, 1903{{cite journal |date=January 1994 |script-title=he: הרב פרופ' ע"צ מלמד בן תשעים |journal=Akadem |issue=2 |page=2 |location=Jerusalem |publisher=The Academy of the Hebrew Language |language=Hebrew |issn=0793-0593 |access-date=21 November 2012 |url=http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/hadash/Documents/%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%9D%20-%20%D7%9B%D7%9C%20%D7%94%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA/akad2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013091607/http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/hadash/Documents/%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%9D%20-%20%D7%9B%D7%9C%20%D7%94%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA/akad2.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2013 |url-status=dead }} – March 9, 1994{{cite journal |date=June 1994 |script-title=he: פרופ' ע"צ מלמד ז"ל |journal=Akadem |issue=3 |page=3 |language=Hebrew |access-date=21 November 2012 |url=http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/hadash/Documents/%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%9D%20-%20%D7%9B%D7%9C%20%D7%94%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA/akad3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013091013/http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/hadash/Documents/%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%9D%20-%20%D7%9B%D7%9C%20%D7%94%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA/akad3.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}) was an Israeli biblical and Talmudic scholar, and lexicographer of Aramaic language. He was born in Shiraz, Persia in 1903.{{cite book |title=Who's Who Israel |oclc=1769848 |page=lxxviii |year=1968}} He won the 1987 Israel Prize for his work in Biblical interpretation and Rabbinical literature.{{cite journal |last=Safrai |first=Shmuel |author-link=Shmuel Safrai |year=1987 |script-title=he: הרב פרופסור עזרא ציון מלמד |journal=Pe'amim |issue=31 |pages=154–155 |location=Jerusalem |publisher=Mekhon Ben-Tsvi |editor-first=Yitshak |editor-last=Betsalel |language=Hebrew |issn=0334-4088 |access-date=20 November 2012 |url=http://www.ybz.org.il/_Uploads/dbsAttachedFiles/Article_31.9(1).pdf }} He was the rabbi of the Persian Jewish community in Jerusalem, succeeding his father's position.