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He is mentioned in a genizah fragment of the Geonim era. for his teaching of proper dikduk grammar and taamim cantillation marks of the Hebrew language Torah text. Eli ben Yehudah ha-Nazir (also f1910 Tiberias) mentions Ahijah Ha-Kohen"s opinion of the dagesh pronunciation of the Hebrew letter resh as articulated by the mesorah masters of Tiberias. He is likewise referenced in the Hebrew grammar book Binyan Shlomo (Hebrew: בנין שלמה) of Solomon Hanau (1687–1746).
