how to say “palm tree” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/דקל-#.m4a” /]דֶּקֶל
Like Beverly Hills, the Israeli landscape boasts lots of palm trees. In Hebrew, these are דקלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/דקל-#.m4a” /], while a single palm is דקל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/דקל-#.m4a” /]. You could also say עץ דקל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/דקל-#.m4a” /] – literally palm tree, or its plural – עצי דקל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/דקל-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/דקל-#.m4a” /]הרחוב מקושט בעצי דקל.
The street is decorated with palm trees.
Another word for palm tree is תמר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/דקל-#.m4a” /], named after the fruit it gives – the date.
Both דקל and תמר are Hebrew names, the former for boys and the latter for girls.