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title: יְרִיעָה — curtain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְרִיעָה (3407), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 54 times: curtain. BDB 1906: n.f. curtain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְרִיעָה

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«יְרִיעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **curtain** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 54 times · **Key:** 3407 · **BDB:** יְרִיעָה

### Glosses

curtains (17); the.curtain (16); the.curtains (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

curtain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3407/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. curtain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3407/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. curtain (𝔗 יְרִיעֲתָא, Syriac ܝܳܪܺܝܥܬܳܐ )—abs. יְרִיעָה Ex 26:2 + 24 times; pl. abs. יְרִיעֹת Ex 26:1 + 17 times; יְרִיעוֹת 1 Ch 17:1; cstr. יְרִיעֹת Ex 26:7 + 4 times; יְרִיעוֹת Hb 3:7 + 2 times; sf. יְרִיעֹתָ֑י Je 4:20; 10:20; יְרִיעוֹתֵיהֶם Je 49:29;—curtain, of tabern. Ex 26:1, 2(×3), 8(×2) + 38 times Ex 26 and 36; Nu 4:25 (all P); 2 S 7:2 = 1 Ch 17:1;—in gen. (2) curtains Je 4:20; 10:20; 49:29 Hb 3:7 Ct 1:5 (in all ‖ אֹהֶל); יְרִיעֹת … יַטּוּ Is 54:2 (‖ הַרְחִיבִי מְקוֹם אָהֳלֵךְ), fig. of Jerusalem’s prosperity; in sim. נוֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם כַּיְרִיעָה ψ 104:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְרִיעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3407/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 104:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.2/)

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עֹֽטֶה־א֭וֹר כַּשַּׂלְמָ֑ה נוֹטֶ֥ה שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם כַּיְרִיעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[you.are\].wrapping.yourself light like (the) garment \[you.are\].stretching.out \[the\].heavens like.(the) tent curtain

*JPS 1917:* Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

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[Habakkuk 3:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.3.7/)

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תַּ֣חַת אָ֔וֶן רָאִ֖יתִי אָהֳלֵ֣י כוּשָׁ֑ן יִרְגְּז֕וּן יְרִיע֖וֹת אֶ֥רֶץ מִדְיָֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* under trouble I.have.seen the.tents of.Cushan they tremble the.tent.curtains of.the.land of.Midian

*JPS 1917:* I see the tents of Cushan in affliction; the curtains of the land of Midian do tremble.

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