דֶּקֶל
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. palm tree
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)
Pronunciation
dékel
Examples2
לרגלי הַדֶּקֶל צוֹמֵחַ דקלון.
At the foot of the palm tree there grows a palm seedling.
יַעַר הָעַד נִכְרַת והוחלף במטעי שֶׁמֶן דְּקָלִים.
The rainforest was cut down and replaced by a palm oil plantation.