daleth
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- noun
- /ˈdɑːlɛθ/
- The shape of the daleth resembles a door, symbolizing a pathway.
Examples
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Daleth receives, both as the humble poor man receiving from Gimel and as the door receiving into Beit/Beth, the House.
Blog text (19) -
daleth = door.
Fiction book (1993) -
Yet scholars point out that this could result from a scribal error because the Hebrew letter resin is easily mistaken for the letter daleth.
Academic text (1992) -
Daleth stands on the left hand of the Tree, connecting Understanding to Severity, Binah to Geburah.
Blog text (19) -
The daleth is the fourth character in the Hebrew alphabet.
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In Hebrew, the letter daleth represents the sound 'd'.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Daleth is the name of the fourth Hebrew letter and comes from an old Semitic word meaning 'door', and in modern Hebrew delet still means 'door', so picture a door to remember the letter D and its place as number four. The Greek letter Delta comes from the same ancient letter.