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Kimhi

Kimhi, Kimchi, Kamhe, or Kamche ({{langx|he|קִמְחִי or קַמְחִי}}) is a Jewish surname of disputed origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Medieval

  • Joseph ben Isaac Kimhi (1105–1170), biblical commentator and poet, father of David and Moses Kimhi
  • Moses Kimhi (c. 1127 – c. 1190), biblical commentator and grammarian
  • David Kimhi (1160–1235), biblical commentator, philosopher, and grammarian
  • Isaac ben Mordecai ibn Kimhi of Salon, "Mestre Petit de Nyons" (f. 1290), Talmudist{{Cite book |last=Landshuth |first=Eliezer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1HU_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA124 |title=ʻAmude ha-ʻavodah: reshimat rashe ha-payṭanim u-meʻaṭ mi-toldotehem... |date=1857 |language=he}}
  • David ben Joseph Kimhi of Frascati (fl. 1326), author of a biblical commentary (found MS Angelica 1.2)
  • Samuel ben Moses Kimhi of Sicily (fl. 1342), author of a commentary to Perek Shira
  • Joseph ben Saul Kimhi, author of the [https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/viewerpage?vid=MANUSCRIPTS#d=%5B%5BPNX_MANUSCRIPTS990035791680205171-1,FL161313848%5D%5D Mezuqqaq Shiv'atayim (1380)] and a brief commentary to the astronomical tables of Jacob Boneth ben David Bonjorn.{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cataloghi_dei_codici_orientali_di_alcune/VzIwAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22I.V.13%22&pg=PA636&printsec=frontcover |title=Cataloghi dei codici orientali di alcune biblioteche d'Italia |date=1878 |publisher=Tipografia dei successori Le Monnier |pages=636 |language=it}} This is apparently the same scholar called Joseph ben Saul of Bannieres (מובנייר) in philosophical literature.יעקב זוסמן, “שני קונטרסים בהלכה מאת ר{{'}} משה בוטריל”, בתוך קבץ על יד, סדרה חדשה ספר ו' (טז), עמוד 273

Several medieval letters mentioning Salama ben Joseph al-Kamha{{Cite web |title=מכתב: ENA 2591.13 + ENA 2591.12 |url=https://geniza.princeton.edu/he/documents/2630/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Princeton Geniza Project |language=he}}{{Cite web |title=מכתב: Moss. IV,80 |url=https://geniza.princeton.edu/he/documents/888/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Princeton Geniza Project |language=he}}{{Cite web |title=מכתב: Halper 389 |url=https://geniza.princeton.edu/he/documents/2587/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Princeton Geniza Project |language=he}}{{Cite web |title=Letter: Moss. IV,80 |url=https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/888/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Princeton Geniza Project |language=en}} and Abu al-Fadhl ben al-Kamha{{Cite web |title=רשימה או טבלה: ENA NS 77.? |url=https://geniza.princeton.edu/he/documents/5306/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Princeton Geniza Project |language=he}}{{Cite web |title=מכתב: T-S 13J19.9 |url=https://geniza.princeton.edu/he/documents/3305/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Princeton Geniza Project |language=he}}{{Cite web |title=מכתב: T-S 10J6.4 |url=https://geniza.princeton.edu/he/documents/3043/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Princeton Geniza Project |language=he}}{{Cite web |title=רשימה או טבלה: T-S Ar.6.8 |url=https://geniza.princeton.edu/he/documents/4593/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Princeton Geniza Project |language=he}} were found in the Cairo Geniza, which may be the same name.{{Cite journal |last=Steinschneider |first=Moritz |author-link=Moritz Steinschneider |date=July 1899 |title=An Introduction to the Arabic Literature of the Jews. I (Continued) |url=https://archive.org/details/jstor-1450470/page/n1/mode/2up |journal=The Jewish Quarterly Review |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=606 |via=Internet Archive |jstor=1450470 |doi=10.2307/1450470}}

Modern

Other

  • Zalman Kimhi (1904), short story by {{Interlanguage link|Yehuda Steinberg|he|יהודה שטיינברג|fr|Yehouda Steinberg}}{{Cite book |last=שטיינברג |first=יהודה |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZhHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA115-IA328 |title=אחיאסף יב |date=1904 |volume= |language=he |chapter=זלמן קמחי}}

See also

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References

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