curtain
qe.la denotes the court hangings set around the tabernacle precinct, with one occurrence in a description of door leaves.
The dominant use denotes the plural hangings surrounding the court, measured, supported by pillars and sockets, and associated with its entrance. A single occurrence places the plural form in a description of the leaves of cypress doors, where the term’s precise contribution is less clear from the translation.
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Court hangings around the tabernacle precinct · dominant
The plural form names the material set along the sides of the court: in Exodus 27:9 the APB renders “curtains of twisted linen for the court,” and Exodus 27:11 places them with pillars, sockets, hooks, and rings. Construct forms likewise occur in court phrases; in Exodus 38:16 the APB renders “All the curtains of the court around,” while Numbers 4:26 includes them among items to be carried with the entrance screen and cords.
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Elements in a cypress-door description · rare
In 1 Kings 6:34, the plural absolute form occurs in a clause about two cypress doors and their two leaves. The APB renders the clause “the two leaves of the one door turned,” but The term’s specific English correspondence cannot be isolated with certainty.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the court passages, the APB regularly presents the term as “curtains,” often specifying “of the court.” In 1 Kings 6:34, it instead renders the surrounding clause with “leaves” of doors; the translation does not mark exact word-level correspondence.