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title: פָּרֹכֶת — curtain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּרֹכֶת (6532), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: curtain. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּרֹכֶת

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«פָּרֹכֶת» 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:** 25 times · **Key:** 6532 · **BDB:** פָּרֹ֫כֶת

### Glosses

curtain (16); the.curtain (7); a.curtain (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

curtain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6532/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6532/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. curtain, before Most Holy Place, in tabern. (P) (prop. that which habitually shuts off, i.e. parrâku (LagBN 88) Köii. 1, 201);—פ׳ abs. Ex 26:31 + 17 times P; cstr. פ׳ הַמָּסָ֑ךְ Ex 35:12; 39:34; 40:21; Nu 4:5, פ׳ הַקֹּדֶשׁ Lv 4:6, פ׳ הָעֵדוּת 24:3; in temple 2 Ch 3:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּרֹכֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6532/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 40:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.40.26/)

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וַיָּ֛שֶׂם אֶת־מִזְבַּ֥ח הַזָּהָ֖ב בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד לִפְנֵ֖י הַפָּרֹֽכֶת׃

*Word for word:* and he.put (et) the.altar of.(the) gold in the.tent of.meeting before the curtain

*JPS 1917:* And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;

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[Exodus 35:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.35.12/)

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אֶת־הָאָרֹ֥ן וְאֶת־בַּדָּ֖יו אֶת־הַכַּפֹּ֑רֶת וְאֵ֖ת פָּרֹ֥כֶת הַמָּסָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* (et) the ark and (et) poles its (et) the.atonement cover and (et) the.curtain of the.screen

*JPS 1917:* the ark, and the staves thereof, the ark-cover, and the veil of the screen;

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