What does דֶּלֶת (delet) mean in the Bible?
דֶּלֶת (delet): Hinged barrier marking household or city threshold; figuratively, access point or vulnerable entry to inner space.
Hebrew · H1817
דֶּלֶת
Something swinging , i.e. the valve of a door
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דֶּלֶת H1817
Pronunciation delet
What does דֶּלֶת (delet) mean in the Bible?
דֶּלֶת (delet): Hinged barrier marking household or city threshold; figuratively, access point or vulnerable entry to inner space.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1817?
The BSB source-word alignment has 88 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the door (17), the doors (16), doors (6), its doors (6), - (2).
Where does דֶּלֶת (delet) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 19:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Nehemiah (11), 2 Chronicles (10), 2 Kings (9), Ezekiel (9).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the door 17× Genesis 19:6, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 19:10, Exodus 21:6
the doors 16× Judges 3:23, Judges 3:24, Judges 3:25, Judges 19:27
doors 6× 1 Kings 6:31, 1 Kings 6:32, 1 Kings 6:34, 2 Chronicles 4:22
its doors 6× Nehemiah 3:1, Nehemiah 3:3, Nehemiah 3:6, Nehemiah 3:13
- 2× 1 Kings 6:34, 2 Kings 6:32
. . . 2× 1 Kings 6:34, Ezekiel 41:24
and doors 2× 2 Chronicles 3:7, Job 38:10
door 2× Ezekiel 41:24
for the doors 2× 1 Kings 7:50, 1 Chronicles 22:3
gates 2× 2 Chronicles 8:5, Jeremiah 49:31
its gates 2× Joshua 6:26, 1 Kings 16:34
panels 2× Ezekiel 41:24
the gates 2× Psalms 107:16, Isaiah 45:2
your doors 2× Isaiah 26:20, Zechariah 11:1
[As] a door 1× Proverbs 26:14
and gates 1× Deuteronomy 3:5
and I had set the doors 1× Nehemiah 7:1
as well as for the doors 1× 1 Kings 7:50
as well as the doors 1× 2 Chronicles 4:22
behind doors 1× Job 38:8
columns 1× Jeremiah 36:23
for my door 1× Job 31:32
his jaws 1× Job 41:14
in its lid 1× 2 Kings 12:9
into the door 1× Deuteronomy 15:17
is a door 1× Song Of Solomon 8:9
keep the doors 1× Nehemiah 7:3
my doors 1× Proverbs 8:34
of the doors 1× Judges 16:3
or gates 1× Ezekiel 38:11
that the gates 1× Nehemiah 13:19
The gate 1× Ezekiel 26:2
the temple doors 1× Malachi 1:10
when the doors 1× Ecclesiastes 12:4
with doors 1× 2 Chronicles 14:7
with gates 1× 1 Samuel 23:7
with its doors 1× 2 Chronicles 4:9
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 19:6 וְהַדֶּ֖לֶת to the door Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 19:9 הַדָּֽלֶת׃ to the door Article | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 19:10 הַדֶּ֖לֶת to the door Article | Noun - feminine singular Exodus 21:6 הַדֶּ֔לֶת to the door Article | Noun - feminine singular Deuteronomy 3:5 דְּלָתַ֣יִם to and gates Noun - fd Deuteronomy 15:17 וּבַדֶּ֔לֶת to into the door Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Joshua 2:19 מִדַּלְתֵ֨י to the door Preposition-m | Noun - feminine dual construct Joshua 6:26 דְּלָתֶֽיהָ׃ to its gates Noun - feminine dual construct | third person feminine singular Judges 3:23 דַּלְת֧וֹת to the doors Noun - feminine plural construct Judges 3:24 דַּלְת֥וֹת to the doors Noun - feminine plural construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 19:6
Aligned rows 88
Books represented 22
Genesis 3 Exodus 1 Deuteronomy 2 Joshua 2 Judges 7 1 Samuel 3 2 Samuel 2 1 Kings 8 2 Kings 9 1 Chronicles 1 2 Chronicles 10 Nehemiah 11 Job 5 Psalms 3 Proverbs 2 Ecclesiastes 1 Song Of Solomon 1 Isaiah 4 Jeremiah 2 Ezekiel 9 Zechariah 1 Malachi 1
Source forms
דַּלְת֣וֹת 10x dal·ṯō·wṯ Judges 3:25, Judges 19:27, 1 Samuel 3:15, 1 Samuel 21:13
דַּלְתֹתָ֔יו 5x dal·ṯō·ṯāw Nehemiah 3:3, Nehemiah 3:6, Nehemiah 3:13, Nehemiah 3:14
הַדֶּ֖לֶת 5x had·de·leṯ Genesis 19:10, 2 Samuel 13:17, 2 Samuel 13:18, 2 Kings 4:33
דַּלְת֥וֹת 3x dal·ṯō·wṯ Judges 3:24, 2 Chronicles 29:3, Ezekiel 26:2
הַדֶּ֙לֶת֙ 3x had·de·leṯ 2 Kings 4:4, 2 Kings 6:32, Isaiah 57:8
דְּלָת֖וֹת 2x də·lā·ṯō·wṯ Nehemiah 6:1, Ezekiel 41:24
דַּלְת֤וֹת 2x dal·ṯō·wṯ Isaiah 45:2, Ezekiel 41:25
דַּלְתֵ֣י 2x dal·ṯê Job 3:10, Job 41:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine plural construct 18x Judges 3:23, Judges 3:24, Judges 3:25, Judges 19:27
Article | Noun - feminine singular 16x Genesis 19:9, Genesis 19:10, Exodus 21:6, Judges 19:22
Noun - fd 8x Deuteronomy 3:5, 1 Samuel 23:7, 2 Chronicles 8:5, 2 Chronicles 14:7
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular 7x 2 Chronicles 4:22, Nehemiah 3:1, Nehemiah 3:3, Nehemiah 3:6
Noun - feminine plural 6x Nehemiah 6:1, Jeremiah 36:23, Ezekiel 41:23, Ezekiel 41:24
Article | Noun - feminine plural 3x Nehemiah 7:1, Nehemiah 7:3, Nehemiah 13:19
Conjunctive waw | Noun - fd 2x Job 38:10, Ezekiel 38:11
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine dual construct 2x 2 Chronicles 4:22, Psalms 78:23
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Hinged barrier marking household or city threshold; figuratively, access point or vulnerable entry to inner space.
Source Gloss
something swinging , i.e. the valve of a door
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hinged barrier marking household or city threshold; figuratively, access point or vulnerable entry to inner space.
something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door BDB: door Usage: door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).
Grammatical Forms
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Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Literal hinged valve of a door that turns on its pivot
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Word Origins
דֶּלֶת is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain