יְרִיעָה
curtain
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
21 verses where H3407 appears in the Absolute state in the Book of Exodus. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Exodus
- Exodus 26:1 יְרִיעֹ֑ת n c fp "Moreover you shall make the tent with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman you shall make them.
- Exodus 26:2 הַ/יְרִיעָ֣ה הַ/יְרִיעָ֖ה הַ/יְרִיעֹֽת ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fp The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.
- Exodus 26:3 הַ/יְרִיעֹ֗ת יְרִיעֹת֙ ptcl def.art + n c fp n c fp Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
- Exodus 26:4 הַ/יְרִיעָה֙ הַ/יְרִיעָ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling; and likewise shall you make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling.
- Exodus 26:5 בַּ/יְרִיעָ֣ה הַ/יְרִיעָ֔ה prep det + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling. The loops shall be opposite one to another.
- Exodus 26:6 הַ/יְרִיעֹ֜ת ptcl def.art + n c fp You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tent shall be a unit.
- Exodus 26:7 יְרִיעֹ֣ת יְרִיעֹ֖ת n c fp cs n c fp "You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent: eleven curtains shall you make them.
- Exodus 26:8 הַ/יְרִיעָ֣ה הַ/יְרִיעָ֖ה יְרִיעֹֽת ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs n c fp The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
- Exodus 26:9 הַ/יְרִיעֹת֙ הַ/יְרִיעֹ֖ת הַ/יְרִיעָ֣ה ptcl def.art + n c fp ptcl def.art + n c fp ptcl def.art + n c fs You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent.
- Exodus 26:10 הַ/יְרִיעָה֙ הַ/יְרִיעָ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second coupling.
- Exodus 26:12 בִּ/ירִיעֹ֖ת הַ/יְרִיעָה֙ prep + n c fp cs ptcl def.art + n c fs The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tent.
- Exodus 36:8 יְרִיעֹ֑ת n c fp All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tent with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them.
- Exodus 36:9 הַ/יְרִיעָ֣ה הַ/יְרִיעָ֖ה הַ/יְרִיעֹֽת ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fp The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.
- Exodus 36:10 הַ/יְרִיעֹ֔ת יְרִיעֹת֙ ptcl def.art + n c fp n c fp He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.
- Exodus 36:11 הַ/יְרִיעָה֙ הַ/יְרִיעָ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling.
- Exodus 36:12 בַּ/יְרִיעָ֣ה הַ/יְרִיעָ֔ה prep det + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite one to another.
- Exodus 36:13 הַ/יְרִעֹ֜ת ptcl def.art + n c fp He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps: so the tent was a unit.
- Exodus 36:14 יְרִיעֹ֣ת יְרִיעֹ֖ת n c fp cs n c fp He made curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent. He made them eleven curtains.
- Exodus 36:15 הַ/יְרִיעָ֣ה הַ/יְרִיעָ֣ה יְרִיעֹֽת ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs n c fp The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.
- Exodus 36:16 הַ/יְרִיעֹ֖ת הַ/יְרִיעֹ֖ת ptcl def.art + n c fp ptcl def.art + n c fp He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
- Exodus 36:17 הַ/יְרִיעָ֔ה הַ/יְרִיעָ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs He made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second coupling.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew noun יריעה centers on the idea of “curtain.” The word gravitates to Exodus (69%), then Jeremiah and Numbers. It turns up in 32 verses across 9 books, a moderately common footprint. First canonically at Exodus 26:1, it enters the text early. It clusters with ירע and יריעות under a shared root. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3407 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 32
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 32 distinct verses.
- 9 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 9 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #696
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 696 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 32 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 32 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 23 verses · 72%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 6 verses · 19%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 3 verses · 9%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Curtains 28×, Curtain 20×, Another curtain 2×
- American Standard Version: Curtains 24×, Curtain 22×, All the curtains 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Curtains 23×, Curtain 13×, Corresponding curtain 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Curtain 23×, Curtains 22×, The 12×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3407 across 54 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3407 across 54 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3407 across 46 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3407 across 68 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in BDB
The 1 sense BDB distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- curtain, drape
Word origin
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.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from ירע (yâraʻ) (H3415) — to tremble.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יְרִיעָה
- ירע to shake, tent-cloth, curtain. Ohol. VIII, 1; a. fr.—Pl. יְרִיעוֹת. Ib. XV, 4 בית שחצצו או בי׳ … a room which has been divided off by boards or curtains. Tanḥ. T’rumah 9. Ex. R. s. 50; a. fr.—Trnsf. a writing sheet containing several columns of writing and being part of a scroll. Treat. Sof’rim II, 6 אין פוחתין בי׳ וכ׳ a sheet of a Torah scroll must have no less than three and no more than eight columns. Ib. 5 עושה אותו י׳ קטנה he may have for that column a special small sheet. Men. 30ᵃ. Tosef. Sabb. VIII (IX), 13; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Sabb. 11ᵃ אם … ושמים י׳ וכ׳ if all waters were ink …, and the heavens sheets &c., v. חָלָל III. Tosef. Yad. II, 10; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 28 distinct written forms H3407 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3407, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 31 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 32 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Exodus 26:1
- Numbers 4:25
- 2 Samuel 7:2
- 1 Chronicles 17:1
- Psalms 104:2
- Song of Solomon 1:5
- Isaiah 54:2
- Jeremiah 4:20
- Habakkuk 3:7
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
