Daleth
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DA´LETH (ד) (daʹleth). The fourth letter of the Heb. alphabet. From Semitic “daleth” came Gk. delta δ, whence Lat. and English “d.” See Ps. 119, section 4, where this letter begins each verse in the Heb.
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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daleth (dahʹleth), the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; its numerical value is four. The earliest form of the letter in proto-Sinaitic inscriptions resembles a fish. The later early Phoenician form became a triangle, which has survived in the Greek letter delta. Later Phoenician and early Hebrew forms of the letter add a downward stroke to the triangle. It was this form that eventually developed into the letter found in the classical Hebrew square script. In Judaism this letter is often used as an abbreviation of the divine name (tetragrammaton). See also Writing.
Achtemeier, P. J., Harper & Row, P., & Society of Biblical Literature. (1985). Harper's Bible dictionary. Includes index. (1st ed.) (202). San Francisco: Harper & Row.
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Daleth (Heb. dāleṯ)
The fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The Hebrew character represents both the dental stop (transliterated d) and, with the daghesh, the spirantized interdental (ḏ).
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (308). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
