פֹּרֶכֶתpôreketh
curtain, before Most Holy Place (Exodus 26:31; Exodus 35:12; Exodus 39:34; Exodus 40:21; Numbers 4:5)
Pronunciation: po-reh'-keth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6532
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 25 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 26:31 “For the inside of the Tabernacle, make a special curtain of finely woven linen. Decorate it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
- Exodus 26:33 Hang the inner curtain from clasps, and put the Ark of the Covenant in the room behind it. This curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
- Exodus 26:35 Place the table outside the inner curtain on the north side of the Tabernacle, and place the lampstand across the room on the south side.
- Exodus 27:21 The lampstand will stand in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant. Aaron and his sons must keep the lamps burning in the Lord’s presence all night. This is a permanent law for the people of Israel, and it must be observed from generation to generation.
- Exodus 30:6 Place the incense altar just outside the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant, in front of the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—that covers the tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant. I will meet with you there.
- Exodus 35:12 the Ark and its carrying poles; the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement; the inner curtain to shield the Ark;
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).