דַּחְלִיל
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. scarecrow
2. a skinny person (compare English "toothpick") (colloquial)
Pronunciation
dakhlil
Examples2
אֵינֶנִּי דַּחְלִיל, אֲנִי לֹא יָכֹל לְהַבְרִיחַ ציפורים.
I cannot scare the birds away. I am not a scarecrow.
ד״ר אלבז טען, כִּי בשלום־עכשיו הִתְיַחֲסוּ אֶל הַתְּנוּעָה כאֶל קוּרְיוֹז וְאַחַר־כָּךְ כאֶל דַּחְלִיל.
Dr. Elbaz claimed that in Peace Now, they treated the movement first as a curiosity and later as a scarecrow.