Dictionary entry

Curtain

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kur'-t'-n, -ten, -tin: The word ordinarily used for curtain is yeri`ah. Thus inEx 26:1 ff;36:8ff of the curtains of the tabernacle (seeTABERNACLE); in2Sa 7:2;Ps 104:2;So 1:5;Isa 54:2;Jer 4:20;10:20;49:29;Hab 3:7.

Figurative: InIsa 40:22(likePs 104:2, of the heavens), the word used is doq, literally, "gauze."