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| − | Hebrew | + | * '''daleth:''' (''Hebrew'') door |
| − | + | * '''dalet, daleth:''' the fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Hebrew, and Aramaic. It has the sound of English ''d''. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek delta (Δ), Latin D and the equivalent in the Cyrillic alphabet | |
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daleth Wikipedia] | ||
| − | + | * '''death''' | |
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| + | ==Commentary== | ||
| + | In Hebrew, ''daleth'' means both ''door'' and the letter ''d'' or ''dh'' ('''ד''' in the Hebrew alphabet. As the Hebrew alphabet does not have any vowels, ''daleth'' is how one would spell ''the'', which is the last word in ''Finnegans Wake,'' | ||
Revision as of 10:03, 4 July 2007
- daleth: (Hebrew) door
- dalet, daleth: the fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Hebrew, and Aramaic. It has the sound of English d. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek delta (Δ), Latin D and the equivalent in the Cyrillic alphabet
- death
Commentary
In Hebrew, daleth means both door and the letter d or dh (ד in the Hebrew alphabet. As the Hebrew alphabet does not have any vowels, daleth is how one would spell the, which is the last word in Finnegans Wake,
