yeria · curtain

What it means

yeria (יְרִיעָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “curtain”.

A large piece of cloth or of goats' hair from which a tent is made.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A large cloth used to make a tent.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Curtain: each of the large pieces of cloth or goats’ hair that, joined together, form a tent. That is why ‘my curtains’ amounts to saying ‘my tent’.

• The curtains of the dwelling Exodus 26:1Exodus 26:7Exodus 36:8
• The ark “inside the curtain” 2 Samuel 7:21 Chronicles 17:1
• The curtains as one’s own tent Jeremiah 4:20Isaiah 54:2Jeremiah 49:29
• “Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain” Psalms 104:2

Historical and cultural background

Exodus 26 describes two sets of curtains: ten of fine linen in colors with cherubim, which form the dwelling, and eleven of goats’ hair, which make a tent over it (Exodus 26:1, 7). David contrasts his house of cedar with the ark, which “remains inside the curtain” (2 Samuel 7:2).

How we translate it

“Curtains” 30 times and “curtain” 24, almost all in the building of the dwelling (Exodus 26 and 36). This edition’s glossary keeps ‘curtain’ for יְרִיעָה and gives other words to the other hangings of the dwelling: ‘veil’ for פָּרֹכֶת, ‘screen’ for מָסָךְ, ‘hangings’ for קְלָעִים.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• curtains ×30
• curtain ×24

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×44
• Numbers×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Psalms×1
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×3
• Habakkuk×1

• Exodus 26:1

  The dwelling you shall make of ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; with cherubim, the work of a skilled craftsman, you shall make them.

• Exodus 26:2

  The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; one measure for all the curtains.

• Exodus 26:3

  Five curtains shall be joined one to another, and five curtains joined one to another.

• Exodus 26:4

  You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain at the end of the set; and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

• Exodus 26:5

  Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set, the loops opposite one to another.

• Exodus 26:6

  You shall make fifty clasps of gold and join the curtains one to another with the clasps, so that the dwelling shall be one whole.

• Exodus 26:7

  You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the dwelling; you shall make eleven curtains.

• Exodus 26:8

  The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; one measure for the eleven curtains.

• Exodus 26:9

  You shall join five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tent.

• Exodus 26:10

  You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second set.

• Exodus 26:12

  As for the overhang that remains in the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains shall hang over the back of the dwelling.

• Exodus 26:13

  And the cubit on this side and the cubit on that side, of what remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the dwelling on this side and on that side to cover it.

• Exodus 36:8

  And all the wise of heart among those who did the work made the dwelling with ten curtains of twisted fine linen and blue and purple and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of a skilled craftsman, he made them.

• Exodus 36:9

  The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width four cubits for each curtain; one measure for all the curtains.

• Exodus 36:10

  And he joined five curtains, one to another, and five curtains he joined, one to another.

• Exodus 36:11

  And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain at the end in the set; so he made on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

• Exodus 36:12

  Fifty loops he made on the one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the end of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite one to another.

• Exodus 36:13

  And he made fifty clasps of gold and joined the curtains, one to another, with the clasps, so that the dwelling became one.

• Exodus 36:14

  And he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the dwelling; eleven curtains he made them.

• Exodus 36:15

  The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of each curtain; one measure for the eleven curtains.

• Exodus 36:16

  And he joined five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

• Exodus 36:17

  And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set.

• Numbers 4:25

  they shall carry the curtains of the dwelling, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of fine leather that is on top of it, and the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,

• 2 Samuel 7:2

  that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See, please: I live in a house of cedar, but the ark of Elohim remains inside the curtain.”

• 1 Chronicles 17:1

  And it happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I live in the house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of YHWH is under curtains.”

• Psalms 104:2

  who wraps himself in light as in a cloak, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,

• Song of Songs 1:5

  Black I am yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

• Isaiah 54:2

  “Enlarge the place of your tent, and the curtains of your dwellings let them stretch out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords, and your stakes strengthen.

• Jeremiah 4:20

  Breaking upon breaking is proclaimed, for the whole land is devastated; suddenly my tents are devastated, in a moment my curtains.

• Jeremiah 10:20

  My tent is devastated, and all my cords are snapped; my children have gone out from me, and they are not; there is no one stretching out my tent anymore, or setting up my curtains.

• Jeremiah 49:29

  Their tents and their flocks they will take; their curtains and all their goods and their camels they will carry off for themselves; and they will call out against them, “Terror on every side!”

• Habakkuk 3:7

  Under affliction I saw the tents of Cushan; the curtains of the land of Midian tremble.

And 22 more times.