{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1817",
  "lemma": "דֶּלֶת",
  "transliteration": "deleth",
  "definition": "something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor",
  "kjv": "door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).",
  "occurrences": 88,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H1802",
      "lemma": "דָּלָה",
      "transliteration": "dâlâh",
      "meaning": "to dangle, i.e. to let down abucket",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1802"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[דָּל] n.[m.] door only fig.: ψ 141:3.",
    "דָּלָה n.f",
    "[דָּלָה] n.f. door, Is 26:20 fig., door of chamber in which people (personified) hides",
    "דֶּ֫לֶת n.f",
    "דֶּ֫לֶת n.f. door",
    "1. door of house",
    "2. door of room",
    "3. gates of city",
    "4. in other senses"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:6",
      "text": "Lot went out to them through the door, and shut the door after himself.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:9",
      "text": "They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:10",
      "text": "But the men reached out their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 21:6",
      "text": "then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/21?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 3:5",
      "text": "All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, in addition to a great many villages without walls.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/3?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 15:17",
      "text": "then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 2:19",
      "text": "It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/2?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 6:26",
      "text": "Joshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed is the man before the LORD who rises up and builds…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/6?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 3:23",
      "text": "Then Ehud went out onto the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/3?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 3:24",
      "text": "After he had gone, his servants came and saw that the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/3?v=24"
    }
  ],
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  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
  "license": "https://besorah.bible/data-licence.txt",
  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}