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דקל¹

  • /ˈdekel/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Earliest attestations in Mishnaic Hebrew, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Aramaic דִּקְלָא (diqlā). See more at Arabic دَقَل (daqal).

noun דֶּקֶל · dékel · דְּקָלִים · דֶּקֶל־ · דִּקְלֵי־

  1. palm tree הַפֵּאָה נִתֶּנֶת בִּמְחֻבָּר לַקַּרְקָע. בְּדָלִית וּבְדֶקֶל, בַּעַל הַבַּיִת מוֹרִיד וּמְחַלֵּק לָעֲנִיִּים.
  2. 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) רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, אַף דֶּקֶל טָב וַחֲצָב וְנִקְלִיבָם אָסוּר לִמְכֹּר לְגוֹיִם:

דקל²

Where it comes from

From German Dackel.

noun דָּקֶל · dákel

  1. 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)

    Similar: תַּחַשׁ, כֶּלֶב נַקְנִיק

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {דקל},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%93%D7%A7%D7%9C},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}