דֶּלֶת, door, lid on hinges, shutter. Erub. 101ᵃ, v. אַלְמָנָה.—נעל ד׳ בפני לוין to shut the door to borrowers, to render credit difficult. Snh. 32ᵃ; a. fr.—B. Kam. 80ᵇ ד׳ הננעלת וכ׳ a door once shut is not easily opened, i.e. it requires ardent prayer to regain divine grace after a calamity has set in; a. fr.—Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VI, 7 של ד׳ on hinges, v. מַסְחֵיט.—Pl. דְּלָתוֹת, constr. דַּלְתוֹת. Sabb. XVII, 1. Lev. R. s. 14 יש ד׳ וכ׳ a woman’s womb has doors (muscles, ref. to Job III, 10); a. fr.—Par. III, 2; Tosef. ib. III (II), 2 על גביהן ד׳ a seat of boards on hinges upon the backs of the oxen; Succ. 21ᵃ.—Yoma 9ᵇ כד׳ vacillating like doors, v. דַּלּוּת. [Y. Kidd. I, 59ᵈ top, v. דְּלַעַת.]