Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda (Hebrew: אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן־יְהוּדָה‎‎‎, 7 January 1858 – 16 December 1922) was a key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language. He was born Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman in Luzhky, Lithuania, now northern Belarus.