po.re.khet is the textile partition placed before and around the testimony area, marking an inside and an outside.

The term consistently denotes a textile partition associated with the ark, testimony, and sanctuary space. It is made with colored materials and cherubim, hung or positioned around the ark area, and marks the boundary between the holy place and the most holy place.

1. Textile partition around the testimony area · dominant

   In Exodus 26:33, the singular absolute form is placed under the clasps, with the ark brought inside it; the APB renders the clause that it "shall separate for you between the holy place and the most holy place." The same physical partition is made with colored materials and cherubim in Exodus 26:31 and Exodus 36:35, while Exodus 40:21 describes it being hung to screen the ark.

   Exodus 26:33Exodus 26:31Exodus 36:35Exodus 40:21Leviticus 16:2Numbers 4:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB commonly uses "curtain," including descriptions of what is made, hung, entered inside, or stood outside. It also varies with "shielding curtain," "screening curtain," and "veil"; these are translation renderings of whole clauses definitions.