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Hillel

[hil-el, -eyl, -uhl, hi-leyl; Seph. Heb. hee-lel]

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noun

(“ha-Zaken”), c60 b.c.–a.d. 9?, Palestinian rabbi, president of the Sanhedrin and interpreter of Biblical law: first to formulate definitive hermeneutic principles.

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Hillel (ˈhɪlɛl, -ləl)

—n
	?60 bc--?9 ad, rabbi, born in Babylonia; president of the Sanhedrin. He was the first to formulate principles of biblical interpretation

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Hillel

masc. proper name, from Heb., lit. "he praised."

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