פָּרֹ֫כֶת
po.re.khet
“curtain”
Definition
a separatrix, i.e. (the sacred) screen
feminine active participle of the same as H6531 (פֶּרֶךְ);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
פָּרֹ֫כֶת appears 23 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.
The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base.
Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.