Hebrew Letters: Dalet

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The next letter of the Hebrew Alphabet is called Dalet, pronounced da-let.

  Hebrew audio: Listen to the sound of Dalet.

Here is what the Hebrew letter Dalet looks like:

Here is how to write Dalet:



 
Like a number of other Hebrew letters, Dalet used to have two pronunciations, depending on whether or not it had a dot inside it. But today, it is always pronounced with a d sound, like the words David, day or dog.

Here is what Dalet looks like with and without the dot:

  with the dot, pronounced d

   without the dot, pronounced d

Dalet is the fourth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, and therefore has the Gematria (numerical value) of 4.

Practise writing Dalet in the grid lines below:









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