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The 4 Letters:
D, M, V
D
No.4
DALETH DELTA
$$$$$ ∆∆∆∆∆ D DdDd
Sound: d Sound: th as in they
HEBREW PHOENICIAN GREEK ROMAN PRESENT-DAY
D – 4
The fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, Daleth (daw-leth), is one of
the seven double letters of creation that has qualities of opposites; Daleth
being knowledge versus ignorance.
Daleth means womb or door. In a way, the womb is a door; the door
of birth. The graphic sign for Daleth is $$$$$. 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 mean-
ing door, but they enclosed it into a triangle: ∆∆∆∆∆. To them a door is some-
thing 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 be-
cause when the cube is unfolded it becomes the cross of
crucifixion denoting man who is born again (The Key to
the Universe, 140).