דלת
See also: דל״ת
Hebrew
editPronunciation
edit- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /dalt/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈde.let/
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Etymology 1
editFrom 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
editדֶּלֶת • (délet) f (dual indefinite דלתיים / דְּלָתַיִם, plural indefinite דְּלָתוֹת, singular construct דֶּלֶת־, plural construct דַּלְתוֹת־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- 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 [apiece], 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
edit- The dual form דלתיים / דְּלָתַיִם is sometimes used with the meaning double doors.
Declension
editDeclension of דֶּלֶת
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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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
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editדָּלֶת • (dalet) f
- Alternative spelling of דל״ת