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a Jewish commentator of some note, flourished in the 15th century. Of his personal history we are uninformed, but his works, of great celebrity in the 15th century, still continue to be considered valuable contributions to exegetical literature; and Frankfurter, in his “Rabbinic Bible,” inserted the following, which are, however, rather compilations from different expositors than the original productions of Jabez:
(1) éְäåָֹä úäìåֹä , or Commentary on the Psalms: —
(2) ìîåãé éäåä , or Commentary on Proverbs: —
(3) éøàú ùãé , or Commentary on Proverbs: —
(4) ÷ãù ÷ãùéí , or Commentary on the Song of Songs: —
(5) öîç öãé÷ , or Commentary on Ruth: —
(6) öã÷ú úîéí , or Commentary on Lamentations: —
(7) ùòøé îãò , or Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes: —
(8) òèøú ùìåí , or Commentary on the Book of Esther: —
(9) áøëú éùøéí , or Commentary on Daniel: —
(10) îåùéò çåñéí , or Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah. Besides these, Jabez wrote éô÷ øöåï , or homiletical Commentary on the Haphtaroth, or Sabbatic Lessons from the prophets (Belvidere, near Constantinople, 1593, folio): äîðää ñìú , or Commentary on the Pentateuch. See W. — Biblioth. Hebraea, 1, 694; 3:617 sq.; 4:886; Furst, Biblioth. Jued. 2, 2; Steinschneider, Catalogus Libr. in Biblioth. Bodl. col. 1125; C. D. Ginsburg, in Kitto, s.v.