Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hebrew term or phrase:
עצי סרק
English translation:
non-fruit bearing trees
Added to glossary by
Jon Fedler
Nov 22, 2008 18:10
15 yrs ago
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Hebrew term
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עצי סרק
Hebrew to English
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Forestry / Wood / Timber
Clause in a leasing contract between a kibbutz and the Israel Land Administration:
Without receiving prior permission from the Jewish National Fund the kibbutz is forbidden to cut down or uproot groves and/ and/or avenues lined by trees and/or *עצי סרק* planted by the Jewish National Fund
Without receiving prior permission from the Jewish National Fund the kibbutz is forbidden to cut down or uproot groves and/ and/or avenues lined by trees and/or *עצי סרק* planted by the Jewish National Fund
Proposed translations
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| 4 | non-fruit bearing trees |
elli_fischer
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| 4 | Barren tree |
Shai Navé
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| 4 | barren trees |
Textpertise
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| 4 | Fruitless trees |
Lingopro
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Proposed translations
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non-fruit bearing trees
See Sifrei to Deuteronomy 20:20
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Comment: "Thanks to all contibutors"
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Barren tree
This is a tree that has mo fruit although I'm not sure that it is completely correct) and usually serves for beauty and decorative purposes
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Note added at 9 mins (2008-11-22 18:20:19 GMT)
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I forgot to mention that in Hebrew it also known as אילן סרק
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Note added at 9 mins (2008-11-22 18:20:19 GMT)
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I forgot to mention that in Hebrew it also known as אילן סרק
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Textpertise
: When I started composing my post, your answer wasn't there yet. Also yours is singular and mine is plural. I would say use plural for עצי
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I posted 5 minutes before you, and the singular plural doesn't make any difference, the term is identical.
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Sabine Akabayov, PhD
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Thank you.
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elli_fischer
: "barren" implies no leaves either. the term means no fruit, not no leaves.
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Just for your general knowledge, barren trees are not limited to leaveless trees, and also might have fruits, just not ones suitable for eating. And as much as fruitless fruit is correct by its own merit, thus barren in this context is absolutly viable
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Textpertise
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barren trees
אילני סרק is listed by Alcalay dictionary as barren trees or fruitless trees under the word סרק
Peer comment(s):
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elli_fischer
: barren can also imply no leaves.
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The dictionary definition of אילני סרק states that it refers to either trees without fruit or trees without leaves. Thus "barren" includes for both eventualities.
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Fruitless trees
have leaves, do not have fruit...
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