דלת

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈdælæt/, [ˈdælæθ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlɛt/, [ˈdɛːlɛθ]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈde.let/

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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.

דֶּלֶת • (délet) f (dual indefinite דלתיים / דְּלָתַיִם, plural indefinite דְּלָתוֹת, singular construct דֶּלֶת־, plural construct דַּלְתוֹת־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

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 [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, section 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.

• The dual form דלתיים / דְּלָתַיִם is sometimes used with the meaning double doors.

• H1817 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “דֶּלֶת”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 126b
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 311b
• “דלת” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

דָּלֶת • (dalet) f

1. alternative spelling of דל״ת