דלת

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See also: דל״ת

Hebrew

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *dalt- (“door”), cognate with Akkadian 𒄑𒅅 (daltum), Ugaritic 𐎄𐎍𐎚 (dlt /⁠daltu⁠/), and Aramaic דַּלְתָּא. The /t/, which originally marked it as a feminine, has been reinterpreted as the third root consonant and the noun has taken the form of a segolate.

Noun

דֶּלֶת • (délet) f (dual indefinite דלתיים / דְּלָתַיִם, plural indefinite דְּלָתוֹת, singular construct דֶּלֶת־, plural construct דַּלְתוֹת־)

  1. door (portal of entry)
    • Tanach, Ezekiel 41:24, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וּשְׁתַּיִם דְּלָתוֹת לַדְּלָתוֹת שְׁתַּיִם מוּסַבּוֹת דְּלָתוֹת שְׁתַּיִם לְדֶלֶת אֶחָת וּשְׁתֵּי דְלָתוֹת לָאַחֶרֶת׃
      U-shtáyim dlatót la-dlatót shtáyim musabot dlatót shtáyim l-délet eḥat u-shtéy dlatót la-aḥéret.
      And the doors had two leaves , two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other.
    • Tanach, Job 38:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחוֹ מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵא׃
      Va-yásekh bi-dlatáyim yam; b-giḥo me-réḥem yetsé
      Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it broke forth, and issued out of the womb
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Bava Metzi'a 8:7:
      הַמַּשְׂכִּיר בַּיִת לַחֲבֵרוֹ, הַמַּשְׂכִּיר חַיָּב בַּדֶּלֶת, בַּנֶּגֶר, וּבְמַנְעוּל, וּבְכָל דָּבָר שֶׁמַּעֲשֵׂה אֻמָּן.
      Ha-maskír báyit la-ḥaveró, ha-maskír ḥayyáv ba-délet, ba-néger, uva-man'úl, uv-khol davár she-ma'asé ummán.
      One who rents a house to his fellow, the landlord is obligated to provide the door, the bolt, and the lock, and any item which is made by a craftsman.
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 84b:
      רָאָה שֶׁנִּנְעֲלָה דֶּלֶת בִּפְנֵי תִּינוֹק — שׁוֹבְרָהּ וּמוֹצִיאוֹ
      Ra'á she-nin'alá délet bifnéi tinóq, shovráh u-motsi-ó.
      One who sees a door stuck closed in front of a child, breaks it and takes him out.
Usage notes
Declension
Declension of דֶּלֶת
Number Isolated forms With possessive pronouns
State Form Person singular plural
m. f. m. f.
singular indefinite דֶּלֶת first דַּלְתִּי דַּלְתֵּנוּ
definite הַדֶּלֶת second דַּלְתְּךָ דַּלְתֵּךְ דַּלְתְּכֶם דַּלְתְּכֶן
construct דֶּלֶת־ third דַּלְתּוֹ דַּלְתָּהּ דַּלְתָּם דַּלְתָּן
dual indefinite דלתיים / דְּלָתַיִם first דלתיי / דְּלָתַי דְּלָתֵינוּ
definite הדלתיים / הַדְּלָתַיִם second דְּלָתֶיךָ דלתייך / דְּלָתַיִךְ דַּלְתֵיכֶם דַּלְתֵיכֶן
construct דַּלְתֵי־ third דְּלָתָיו דְּלָתֶיהָ דַּלְתֵיהֶם דַּלְתֵיהֶן
plural indefinite דְּלָתוֹת first דלתותיי / דַּלְתוֹתַי דַּלְתוֹתֵינוּ
definite הַדְּלָתוֹת second דַּלְתוֹתֶיךָ דלתותייך / דַּלְתוֹתַיִךְ דַּלְתוֹתֵיכֶם דַּלְתוֹתֵיכֶן
construct דַּלְתוֹת־ third דַּלְתוֹתָיו דַּלְתוֹתֶיהָ דַּלְתוֹתָם דַּלְתוֹתָן

References

Etymology 2

Noun

דָּלֶת • (dalet) f

  1. Alternative spelling of דל״ת
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