H1817. deleth

דַּל דָּל,‎ noun door, see below דלה‎. below

[דָּל‎] noun [masculine] door (Phoenician דל‎) only figurative: construct שָׂפָתָ֑י דַּל‎ Psalm 141:3.

[דָּלָה‎] noun feminine door, only Qr דְּלָתְךָ‎ (Kt דלתיך‎) Isaiah 26:20 figurative, door of chamber in which people (personified) hides (compare also דֶּלֶת‎ dual)

דֶּ֫לֶת‎ noun feminine (? masculine^{Nehemiah 13:19}) door (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian daltu(m) Strm^{Av 1843} Schr^{COT Gloss}; Phoenician plural דלהת‎ CIS^{i. 7. 3}; — according to Ba^{ZMG 1887, 607} from √ ידל‎, Assyrian edilu, to bolt, bar) — דֶּלֶת‎ (always absolute, and with article except Song of Solomon 8:9 + Ezekiel 41:24 but here Co article) Genesis 19:10 18t.; דָּ֑לֶת‎ 19:9; Judges 19:22; suffix דַּלְתּוֺ‎ 2 Kings 12:10; Du. דְּלָתַיִם‎ (compare Sta^{§ 187 a}) Deuteronomy 3:5 9t., דְּתָ֑יִם‎ Job 38:10; construct דַּלְתֵי‎ Joshua 2:19 6t. + Ezekiel 26:2 Co; suffix דְּלָתַי‎ Job 31:32, דְּלָתֶיךָ‎ Zechariah 11:1 + Isaiah 26:20 Kt (compare דָּלָה‎ feminine noun), דְּלָתֶיהָ‎ Joshua 6:26; 1 Kings 16:34; plural דְּלָתוֺת‎ Jeremiah 36:23 10t.; construct דַּלְתוֺת‎ Judges 3:23 19t. + Ezekiel 26:2 (Co דלתי‎); suffix דַּלְתֹתַי‎ Proverbs 8:34, דַּלְתוֺתָיו‎2 Chronicles 3:7; 4:22; דַּלְתֹתָיו‎ Nehemiah 3:1, 3, 6, 13, 14, 15; דַּלְתוֺתֵיהֶם‎2 Chronicles 4:9;

1 door of house (distinguished from door-way, compare 1 Kings 6:31 מֶּתַח‎ Genesis 19:6) 19:9-10, Exodus 2:6 (all J E) Deuteronomy 15:17; Joshua 2:19 (JE) Judges 11:31; 19:22, 27; 1 Samuel 21:14 (השׁער דלתות‎) 2 Kings 4:4-5, 6:32 (twice in verse); Isaiah 57:8; Job 31:32; so figurative of wisdom's house Proverbs 8:34 עַלדַּֿלְתֹתַי לִשְׁקֹד‎; particular doors of house of ׳י‎ 1 Samuel 3:15 (י ׳הֵיכַל‎ 3:3); temple 1 Kings 6:34 (3 t. in verse); 7:50; 2 Kings 18:16; 1 Chronicles 22:3; 2 Chronicles 3:7; 4:22; 28:24; 29:3; Nehemiah 6:10; Malachi 1:10; so of Ezekiel's temple, Ezekiel 41:23-24, (5 t. in verse); 41:25.

2 door of room Judges 3:23-24, 25; 2 Samuel 13:17-18, 2 Kings 4:33; 9:3, 10. especially doors of דביר‎ or ׳ק קדשׁים‎ 1 Kings 6:31-32, 7:50; 2 Chronicles 4:22 compare also Ezekiel 41:23; also of court עֲזָרָה‎2 Chronicles 4:9 (twice in verse), and of porch אוּלָם‎29:7.

3 gates of city Deuteronomy 3:5; Joshua 6:26 (compare 1 Kings 16:34) Judges 16:3; 1 Samuel 23:7; 2 Chronicles 8:5; 14:6; Nehemiah 3:1, 3, 6, 13, 14, 15; 6:1; 7:1 (׳ד‎ then Generally distinct from שׁער‎, which denotes the whole structure of gate, including posts, open space, etc., while ׳ד‎ is swinging door), 7:3; 13:19 (where also sense narrower than "" שׁעת‎) Isaiah 45:1 ("" שׁערים‎) compare 45:2 and Psalm 107:16; Jeremiah 49:31; Ezekiel 38:11.

4 in other senses (mostly figurative): door (probably lid) of chest 2 Kings 12:10; aperture of womb Job 3:10 (׳ד בטני‎); jaws of crocodile 41:6 (׳ד פניו‎); lips of man Ecclesiastes 12:4; doors enclosing and shutting off sea Job 38:8, 10; doors of heaven through which comes rain Psalm 78:23 (compare השׁ ׳אֲרֻבֹּת‎ Genesis 7:11); of column of MS. (from shape) Jeremiah 36:23; figurative of easily accessible woman, Song of Solomon 8:9; in simile Proverbs 26:14; of Jerusalem as gate of people Ezekiel 26:2; of Lebanon Zechariah 11:1.