Rapheleng, Francis

Rapheleng, Francis a famous Dutch Hebraist, was born at Lanov, near Ryssel, February 27, 1539, and died at Leyden, July 20, 1597, professor. He wrote, Grammatice Hebraicae Libellus (printed in the Antwerp Polyglot, 1569-72): — Conpendium Thesauri Santis Pagyrni Linguae Hebraica (1572): — Vatrie Lectiones et Emendationes in Chaldaicam, Bibliorum Paraphrasim (in the Antwerp Polyglot), and published the Syriac New Test. in Hebrew letters (1575). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 3:133; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:122; Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v. "Ravlenghien." (B.P.)