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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H3407

יְרִיעָה

yeriahyer-ee-aw'

curtain

54 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: yᵉrîyʻâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3407is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 9 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 28
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H3407

a hanging (as tremulous)

The King James renders it: curtain.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

yeriah is rendered "curtain". It stands 54 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.

  • Forty-four of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 26:1“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-eight different ways.

The first use

“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.

Exodus 26:1יְרִיעֹ֑ת

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Forty-four of the word's fifty-four uses are in Exodus.

The other 30 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • the curtain20
  • the curtains10
  • curtains8
  • curtains of4
  • on the curtain2
  • tent curtains my2
  • and tent curtains of1
  • in curtains of1
  • like tent curtains of1
  • like the tent curtain1
  • tent curtains1
  • tent curtains of1

and 2 more, 54 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 54, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

28 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הַיְרִיעָ֔ה7
  • הַיְרִיעָ֣ה6
  • הַיְרִיעָה֙4
  • הַיְרִיעָ֖ה3
  • הַיְרִיעֹ֖ת3
  • יְרִיעֹ֣ת3
  • בַּיְרִיעָ֣ה2
  • הַיְרִיעֹֽת׃2
  • יְרִיעֹ֑ת2
  • יְרִיעֹת֙2
  • יְרִיעֹ֖ת2
  • יְרִיעֹֽת׃2

and 16 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular21HTd/Ncfsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural10HTd/Ncfpa
  • noun · feminine plural9HNcfpa
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)5HNcfpc
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular3HRd/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HNcfpc/Sp1bs
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncfpc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncfpc
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcfpc/Sp3mp

Exodus

forty-four uses
  • “You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.

    Exodus 26:1

    • יְרִיעֹ֑תyeriotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: curtains
  • Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size.

    Exodus 26:2

    • הַיְרִיעָ֣הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
    • הַיְרִיעָ֖הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
    • הַיְרִיעֹֽת׃hayriotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the curtains
  • Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.

    Exodus 26:3

    • הַיְרִיעֹ֗תhayriotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the curtains
    • יְרִיעֹת֙yeriotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: curtains
  • Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same for the end curtain in the second set.

    Exodus 26:4

    • הַיְרִיעָה֙hayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
    • הַיְרִיעָ֔הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
  • Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another.

    Exodus 26:5

    • בַּיְרִיעָ֣הbayriahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: on the curtain
    • הַיְרִיעָ֔הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
  • Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.

    Exodus 26:6

    • הַיְרִיעֹ֜תhayriotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the curtains
  • You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

    Exodus 26:7

    • יְרִיעֹ֣תyeriotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: curtains of
    • יְרִיעֹ֖תyeriotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: curtains
  • Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

    Exodus 26:8

    • הַיְרִיעָ֣הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
    • הַיְרִיעָ֖הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
    • יְרִיעֹֽת׃yeriotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: curtains
  • Join five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another. Then fold the sixth curtain over double at the front of the tent.

    Exodus 26:9

    • הַיְרִיעֹת֙hayriotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the curtains
    • הַיְרִיעֹ֖תhayriotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the curtains
    • הַיְרִיעָ֣הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
  • Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.

    Exodus 26:10

    • הַיְרִיעָה֙hayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
    • הַיְרִיעָ֔הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
  • As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.

    Exodus 26:12

    • בִּירִיעֹ֖תbiriotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in curtains of
    • הַיְרִיעָה֙hayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
  • And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.

    Exodus 26:13

    • יְרִיעֹ֣תyeriotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: curtains of
  • All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

    Exodus 36:8

    • יְרִיעֹ֑תyeriotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: curtains
  • Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.

    Exodus 36:9

    • הַיְרִיעָ֣הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
    • הַיְרִיעָ֖הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
    • הַיְרִיעֹֽת׃hayriotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the curtains
  • And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.

    Exodus 36:10

    • הַיְרִיעֹ֔תhayriotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the curtains
    • יְרִיעֹת֙yeriotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: curtains
  • He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the end curtain in the second set.

    Exodus 36:11

    • הַיְרִיעָה֙hayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
    • הַיְרִיעָ֔הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
  • He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.

    Exodus 36:12

    • בַּיְרִיעָ֣הbayriahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: on the curtain
    • הַיְרִיעָ֔הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
  • He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

    Exodus 36:13

    • הַיְרִעֹ֜תhayriotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the curtains
  • He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

    Exodus 36:14

    • יְרִיעֹ֣תyeriotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: curtains of
    • יְרִיעֹ֖תyeriotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: curtains
  • Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

    Exodus 36:15

    • הַיְרִיעָ֣הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
    • הַיְרִיעָ֣הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
    • יְרִיעֹֽת׃yeriotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: curtains
  • He joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another.

    Exodus 36:16

    • הַיְרִיעֹ֖תhayriotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the curtains
    • הַיְרִיעֹ֖תhayriotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the curtains
  • He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.

    Exodus 36:17

    • הַיְרִיעָ֔הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain
    • הַיְרִיעָ֔הhayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curtain

Numbers

one use
  • They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

    Numbers 4:25

    • יְרִיעֹ֤תyeriotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: curtains of

2 Samuel

one use
  • he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

    2 Samuel 7:2

    • הַיְרִיעָֽה׃hayriahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the tent curtain

1 Chronicles

one use
  • After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”

    1 Chronicles 17:1

    • יְרִיעֽוֹת׃yeriotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: tent curtains

Psalms

one use
  • He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

    Psalms 104:2

    • כַּיְרִיעָֽה׃kayriahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: like the tent curtain

Song of Solomon

one use
  • I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

    Song of Solomon 1:5

    • כִּירִיע֖וֹתkiriotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like tent curtains of

Isaiah

one use
  • “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.

    Isaiah 54:2

    • וִירִיע֧וֹתviriotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and tent curtains of

Jeremiah

three uses
  • Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

    Jeremiah 4:20

    • יְרִיעֹתָֽי׃yeriotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: tent curtains my
  • My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.

    Jeremiah 10:20

    • יְרִיעוֹתָֽי׃yeriotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: tent curtains my
  • They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’

    Jeremiah 49:29

    • יְרִיעוֹתֵיהֶ֧םyerioteihemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: tent curtains their

Habakkuk

one use
  • I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.

    Habakkuk 3:7

    • יְרִיע֖וֹתyeriotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tent curtains of

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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