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דֹּק
doq
H1852
H:N-M Hebrew

curtain

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doq denotes the curtain-like expanse to which the heavens are compared in Isaiah 40:22.

In Isaiah 40:22, doq names the curtain-like comparison in the statement that the heavens are stretched out and spread as a dwelling tent.

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  1. Curtain-like expanse for the heavens · dominant

    The masculine singular absolute form occurs in the clause comparing the stretched-out heavens with a curtain. In Isaiah 40:22 the APB renders the comparison, “he who stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them like a tent to dwell in.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 40:22, the APB presents the comparison with “a curtain,”.

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