| Dalet | |
|---|---|
| Phoenician | 𐤃 |
| Hebrew | ד |
| Aramaic | 𐡃 |
| Syriac | ܕ |
| Arabic | د |
| Phonemic representation | d, (ð) |
| Position in alphabet | 4 |
| Numerical value | 4 |
| Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
| Greek | Δ |
| Latin | D |
| Cyrillic | Д |
Dalet (dāleth, also spelled Daleth or Daled) is the fourth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic dāl د, Aramaic dālaṯ 𐡃, Hebrew dālet ד, Phoenician dālt 𐤃 and Syriac dālaṯ ܕ. Its sound value is the voiced alveolar plosive ([d]).
The letter is based on a glyph of the Proto-Sinaitic script, probably called dalt "door" (door in Modern Hebrew is delet), ultimately based on a hieroglyph depicting a door:
|
