daleth

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah lists daleth among the seven double letters, which each have a hard and a soft sound. They are linked with the seven planets, the seven days and the seven openings of the head.

Meaning

The fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which means "door" and stands for the number four. tree →

Examples

• The Seven Double Letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, and Tau have each two sounds associated with theui. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The Seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pé, Resh, and Tau have each two sounds associated with them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• There were formed seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, Tau, each has two voices, either aspirated or softened. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.