daleth

[ dah-luhd, -luhth, -luht; Sephardic Hebrew dah-let ]

noun

1. the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

daleth

/ ˈdɑːlɪd; ˈdalɛt /

noun

1. the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ד), transliterated as d or, when final, dh

Word History and Origins

Origin of daleth¹

< Hebrew dāleth, akin to dālāh door

Word History and Origins

Origin of daleth¹

Hebrew

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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