Daleths

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Characters in the Hebrew alphabet, the fourth of which is written as a symbol resembling a door and carries the numeric value four
2. Letters of the Hebrew writing system, where the fourth one is shaped like a doorway and stands for a consonant sound
3. Symbols from the Hebrew alphabet, including the fourth letter, which resembles a right triangle and is used as a numeral for four

Etymology: "Daleths" is the plural of "daleth", the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which is written with the consonant sound "d" and whose name means "door" in Hebrew. The plural form is used when referring to more than one of these letters, such as in discussions of the letter's shape, its position in the alphabet, or several occurrences of it in a text.