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CHAPTER 15
The 4 Letters: D, M, V D No.4 DALETH
DELTA
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Sound: d HEBREW
PHOENICIAN
Sound: th as in they GREEK
D
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ROMAN
PRESENT-DAY
D–4 The fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, Daleth (daw-leth), is one of the seven double letters of creation that has qualities of opposites; Daleth being knowledge versus ignorance. Daleth means womb or door. In a way, the womb is a door; the door of birth. The graphic sign for Daleth is $. It is clearly open, for door to the Hebrews means a way to go freely in and out. When the Greeks borrowed the sign, they called it Delta, also meaning door, but they enclosed it into a triangle: ∆. To them a door is something you can shut to keep things in or out. Pythagoras felt a great mystery was revealed by the fact that 4 equals 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10). 10 means a new beginning; when one door closes, another will open. The only other number that totals 10 this way is 7: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 = 28/10. The ancients saw the cube (4) as undeveloped man because he closes himself in; when the door is shut, he cannot see. The 7 is considered the awakened man because when the cube is unfolded it becomes the cross of crucifixion denoting man who is born again (The Key to the Universe, 140).
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