daleth

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

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noun

daleth

/ ˈdɑːlɪd; ˈdalɛt /

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

Origin of daleth¹

< Hebrew dāleth, akin to dālāh door

Origin of daleth¹

Hebrew

After this the order changes; daleth being followed by he of the vowel series.

This idea forms the clew to the whole book, and from hence is derived its title, Daleth.

The daleth meaning four would easily be misread for resh meaning 200.

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.

After this the order changes: daleth being followed by he of the vowel series.

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