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Meaning of דקל | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈdekel/

הגדרות

  1. palm tree
  2. dachshund (a certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties)
  3. date (the fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel)

שוות ערך

English palm tree

דוגמאות

“הַפֵּאָה נִתֶּנֶת בִּמְחֻבָּר לַקַּרְקָע. בְּדָלִית וּבְדֶקֶל, בַּעַל הַבַּיִת מוֹרִיד וּמְחַלֵּק לָעֲנִיִּים.”

The corner tithe is given when still attached to the soil. In the case of the vine and the palm tree, the landowner goes down and apportions it to the poor.

“אָמְרוּ עָלָיו עַל רַבָּן יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי שֶׁלֹּא הִנִּיחַ מִקְרָא וּמִשְׁנָה גְּמָרָא הֲלָכוֹת וְאַגָּדוֹת דִּקְדּוּקֵי תּוֹרָה וְדִקְִדּוּקֵי סוֹפְרִים קַלִּים וַחֲמוֹרִים וּגְזֵרוֹת שָׁווֹת תְּקוּפוֹת וְגִימַטְרִיָּאוֹת שִׂיחַת מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת וְשִׂיחַת שֵׁדִים וְשִׂיחַת דְּקָלִים מַשְׁלוֹת כֻּבְסִין מַשְׁלוֹת שׁוּעָלִים דָּבָר גָּדוֹל וְדָבָר קָטָן”

They said of Rabban Yochanan son of Zakkai that he did not neglect Bible, Mishnah, Gemara, legal works and folktales, minutiae of the Torah, minutiae of the scribes, a fortiori inferences and verbal analogies, seasons, numerology, the conversation of the ministering angels, and the conversation of demons and the conversation of palm trees, parables of launderers, parables of foxes, great things or small things.

“רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, אַף דֶּקֶל טָב וַחֲצָב וְנִקְלִיבָם אָסוּר לִמְכֹּר לְגוֹיִם:”

Rabbi Meir says: good dates, sweet ones, and ones from Nikolaos are also forbidden to be sold to non-Jews.

רמת CEFR

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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