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单词 palmach
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Palmachn.

Brit. /palˈmax/, /ˈpalmax/, /ˈpalmak/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑlˈˌmɑx/, /ˈˌpɑlˈˌmɑk/
Forms: 1900s– Palmach, 1900s– Palmah, 1900s– Palmakh.
Origin: A borrowing from Hebrew. Etymon: Hebrew palmaḥ.
Etymology: < modern Hebrew palmaḥ, short for pĕluggōṯ maḥaṣ shock troops.
Now historical.
A commando force of the Haganah, created in 1941 and incorporated into the Israeli national army in 1948.
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1943 Times 28 Sept. 3/4 Cross-examination by the prosecution brought out information about alleged illegal Jewish military defence organizations called the ‘Hagana’ and the ‘Palmakh’.
1948 Zionist Rev. 9 Apr. 6/1 Palmach is the striking arm of the Haganah.
1960 H. S. Agar Saving Remnant ix. 219 The Jews began the war with five thousand trained men: the Palmach, or shock companies of the Haganah.
1974 S. Schama Two Rothschilds & Land of Israel viii. 296 The Hagana..formed commando strike units of the Palmach to act as irregular partisans should it ever come to a German occupation.
1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 June 17/1 The Palmach was the most effective and professional branch of the Haganah, the Zionist underground military organization.
2000 M. Sicker Pangs of Messiah vii. 172 The ‘Season’, as the anti-Irgun operation was called, was to be carried out by volunteers from the Palmah and the Haganah's intelligence service.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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