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daleth

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da·leth  (däld, -lt, -lth)
n.
The fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

[Hebrew dlet, of Phoenician origin; see dl in Semitic roots.]

daleth, daled [ˈdɑːlɪd (Hebrew) ˈdalɛt]
n
(Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ד), transliterated as d or, when final, dh
[Hebrew]
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Noun1.daleth - the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script - a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)
alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"


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The Hebrew for David is daleth (the number four) vav (number six) daleth; thus the number 14 is the sum of the letters of David's Hebrew name.
After some protests by Israeli travel agents, the regulation was dropped, so now cousins from the west side can learn about the marvels of Petra or Jerash and not lose a gimel or daleth.
 
 
 
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