Curtain

CURTAIN kur'-t'-n, -ten, -tin:

The word ordinarily used for curtain is yeri`ah. Thus in Exodus 26:1; 36:8 of the curtains of the tabernacle (see TABERNACLE); in

2 Samuel 7:2; Psalms 104:2; Song of Solomon 1:5; Isaiah 54:2; Jeremiah 4:20; 10:20; 49:29; Habakkuk 3:7.

Figurative:

In Isaiah 40:22 (like Psalms 104:2, of the heavens), the word used is doq, literally, "gauze."

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CURTAIN'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.