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a Jewish writer of Safed, in Upper Galilee, who flourished from 1529 to 1553, is the author of a commentary on the Song of Songs, entitled àéìú àäáéí (Venice, 1552): — on Esther, entitled îðåú äìåé (ibid. 1585):on Ruth, called ùøù éùé , The Root of Jesse (Const. 1561); He also wrote religious hymns, ùéøéí , of which the hymn for the Sabbath eve, ìëä ãåãé , “Come, my beloved,” is best known. See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1, 39; De Rossi, Dizioziario Storico (Germ. transl.), p. 38. (B. P.)