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title: קֶלַע — curtain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֶלַע (lemma:קֶלַע), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: curtain. BDB 1906: curtain, hanging. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֶלַע

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«קֶלַע» 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:** 16 times · **Key:** lemma:קֶלַע · **BDB:** קֶ֫לַע²

### Glosses

curtains (9); the.curtains (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

curtain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b6_5dc_5b7_5e2/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

curtain, hanging [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b6_5dc_5b7_5e2/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] curtain, hanging (P);—pl. abs. קְלָעִים Ex 27:9 + 7 times Ex; cstr. קַלְעֵי 35:17 + 4 times Ex, Nu 3:26; 4:26.—1 K 6:34 b read צְלָעִים.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֶלַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b6_5dc_5b7_5e2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 38:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.16/)

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כָּל־קַלְעֵ֧י הֶחָצֵ֛ר סָבִ֖יב שֵׁ֥שׁ מָשְׁזָֽר׃

*Word for word:* all the.curtains of the.courtyard all.around \[were\].fine.linen twisted

*JPS 1917:* All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

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[Exodus 38:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.14/)

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קְלָעִ֛ים חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה אֶל־הַכָּתֵ֑ף עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* curtains \[were\].fif- teen cubit\[s\] to the side pillars their \[were\].three and bases their \[were\].three

*JPS 1917:* The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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