Born 1930, Tel Aviv; Ph.D. 1985, Hebrew University; Research Fellow 1986; Associate Professor 1992; Emeritus 1996. Died in 2014.

Research interests included comparative ancient Indo-European, especially Indo-Iranian; Indo-European etymology; a renowned expert of Vedic, especially the Rgveda; Indo-European poetic language; parallels and possible contacts between ancient Indo-European and ancient Semitic poetry.