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daleth
[ dah-luhd, -luhth, -luht; Sephardic Hebrew dah-let ]
noun
- the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- the consonant sound represented by this letter.
daleth
/ ˈdɑːlɪd; ˈdalɛt /
noun
- the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ד), transliterated as d or, when final, dh
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Word History and Origins
Origin of daleth1
< Hebrew dāleth, akin to dālāh door
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Word History and Origins
Origin of daleth1
Hebrew
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Example Sentences
They had no other or more appropriate confession of this than is seen in the root דע yedo--knowledge, compounded of the three symbols yod, daleth, oin--a hand, a door, an eye.
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The daleth meaning four would easily be misread for resh meaning 200.
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Their beth was a house in the tent form; their gimel a camel, represented by its head and neck; their daleth a door, and so on.
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The mistake doubtless arose from the fact that the copyists mistook the Hebrew letter 'resh' for a Hebrew letter 'daleth'.
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