דֶּלֶת

H1817. deleth
דַּל דָּל, noun door, see below דלה. below
[דָּל] noun [masculine] door (Phoenician דל) only figurative: construct שָׂפָתָ֑י דַּל Psa 141:3.
[דָּלָה] noun feminine door, only Qr דְּלָתְךָ (Kt דלתיך) Isa 26:20 figurative, door of chamber in which people (personified) hides (compare also דֶּלֶת dual)
דֶּ֫לֶת noun feminine (? masculineNeh 13:19) door (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian daltu(m) StrmAv 1843 SchrCOT Gloss; Phoenician plural דלהת CISi. 7. 3; — according to BaZMG 1887, 607 from √ ידל, Assyrian edilu, to bolt, bar) — דֶּלֶת (always absolute, and with article except Son 8:9 + Eze 41:24 but here Co article) Gen 19:10 Gen 19:18t.; דָּ֑לֶת Gen 19:9; Jdg 19:22; suffix דַּלְתּוֺ 2Ki 12:10; Du. דְּלָתַיִם (compare Sta§ 187 a) Deu 3:5 Deu 3:9t., דְּתָ֑יִם Job 38:10; construct דַּלְתֵי Jos 2:19 Jos 2:6t. + Eze 26:2 Co; suffix דְּלָתַי Job 31:32, דְּלָתֶיךָ Zec 11:1 + Isa 26:20 Kt (compare דָּלָה feminine noun), דְּלָתֶיהָ Jos 6:26; 1Ki 16:34; plural דְּלָתוֺת Jer 36:23 Jer 36:10t.; construct דַּלְתוֺת Jdg 3:23 Jdg 3:19t. + Eze 26:2 (Co דלתי); suffix דַּלְתֹתַי Pro 8:34, דַּלְתוֺתָיו2Ch 3:7; 2Ch 4:22; דַּלְתֹתָיו Neh 3:1, Neh 3:3, Neh 3:6, Neh 3:13, Neh 3:14, Neh 3:15; דַּלְתוֺתֵיהֶם2Ch 4:9;
1 door of house (distinguished from door-way, compare 1Ki 6:31 מֶּתַח Gen 19:6) Gen 19:9-10, Exo 2:6 (all J E) Deu 15:17; Jos 2:19 (JE) Jdg 11:31; Jdg 19:22, Jdg 19:27; 1Sa 21:14 (השׁער דלתות) 2Ki 4:4-5, 2Ki 6:32 (twice in verse); Isa 57:8; Job 31:32; so figurative of wisdom's house Pro 8:34 עַלדַּֿלְתֹתַי לִשְׁקֹד; particular doors of house of ׳י 1Sa 3:15 (י ׳הֵיכַל 1Sa 3:3); temple 1Ki 6:34 (3 t. in verse); 1Ki 7:50; 2Ki 18:16; 1Ch 22:3; 2Ch 3:7; 2Ch 4:22; 2Ch 28:24; 2Ch 29:3; Neh 6:10; Mal 1:10; so of Ezekiel's temple, Eze 41:23-24, (5 t. in verse); Eze 41:25.
2 door of room Jdg 3:23-24, Jdg 3:25; 2Sa 13:17-18, 2Ki 4:33; 2Ki 9:3, 2Ki 9:10. especially doors of דביר or ׳ק קדשׁים 1Ki 6:31-32, 1Ki 7:50; 2Ch 4:22 compare also Eze 41:23; also of court עֲזָרָה2Ch 4:9 (twice in verse), and of porch אוּלָם2Ch 29:7.
3 gates of city Deu 3:5; Jos 6:26 (compare 1Ki 16:34) Jdg 16:3; 1Sa 23:7; 2Ch 8:5; 2Ch 14:6; Neh 3:1, Neh 3:3, Neh 3:6, Neh 3:13, Neh 3:14, Neh 3:15; Neh 6:1; Neh 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), Neh 7:3; Neh 13:19 (where also sense narrower than || שׁעת) Isa 45:1 (|| שׁערים) compare Isa 45:2 and Psa 107:16; Jer 49:31; Eze 38:11.
4 in other senses (mostly figurative): door (probably lid) of chest 2Ki 12:10; aperture of womb Job 3:10 (׳ד בטני); jaws of crocodile Job 41:6 (׳ד פניו); lips of man Ecc 12:4; doors enclosing and shutting off sea Job 38:8, Job 38:10; doors of heaven through which comes rain Psa 78:23 (compare השׁ ׳אֲרֻבֹּת Gen 7:11); of column of MS. (from shape) Jer 36:23; figurative of easily accessible woman, Son 8:9; in simile Pro 26:14; of Jerusalem as gate of people Eze 26:2; of Lebanon Zec 11:1.