hiː ɪz səpˈoʊzd baɪ mˈɑːɹɡoʊlɪˌaʊθ təbi aɪdˈɛntɪkəl wɪð dˈeɪvɪd bˈɛn sˈæeɪdəl bˈɛn dʒˈoʊsəf, ðə ɹˈaɪɾɚɹ əvə mˈænjuːskɹˌɪpt dˈeɪɾᵻd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ɪlˈɛvən ˈeɪ.ˈeɪtʃ. ˈiːkwəlz wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd fˈoːɹhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪt zˈiəɹoʊ nˈaɪn kwˈoʊɾᵻd baɪ pˈɪnskɚɹ ˈɛl ˈaɪ lˌɛɾɚwˈʌnˈiːθɹˈiːθɹˈiː lˌɛɾɚwˈʌnˈiːθɹˈiːθɹˈiː jˈuː lˌɛɾɚwˈʌnˈiːsˈɪksdˈiː ˈiː lˌɛɾɚwˈʌnˈiːθɹˈiːθɹˈiː ɐ dˈiː ˈɛm ˈoʊ ˈɛn ˈaɪ wˈaɪ wˈaɪ ˈoʊ tˈiː, pˈiː. sˈɪksti fˈoːɹ.
He is supposed by Margoliouth to be identical with David ben Sa'adel ben Joseph, the writer of a manuscript (dated 811 A.H. = 1408–09) quoted by Pinsker (Liḳḳuṭe Ḳadmoniyyot, p. 64).