The numerical value of Daleth is 4.
Daleth means "door"
According to the Sepher Yetzirah, its correspondences are:
Modality |
Space |
Time |
Body |
Fertility/ Sterility |
Sun |
Tuesday |
Right nostril |
Daleth represents
the four-fold stability that permeates the Universe when "kindness" becomes a
reality (see Path03). It also represents
the four rivers that flowed out of Eden prior to mankind's fall (Gen. 2:10).
These four rivers are symbolic of G-d's essence flowing in to the created
universe.
It represents a form of
fertility, the four rivers irrigating the countryside, "kindness" resulting in
the fertility of the world and its ability to give us food.
The Hebrew word
means
"mother". When it is fertilised by
we
get
(meaning "man" in the sense of "mankind").