H1852 H1852
A thin curtain or veil; something fine and gauze-like used for covering
This rare word describes something thin and delicate, appearing in Isaiah's cosmic imagery of God spreading out the heavens. The comparison of the universe to a curtain emphasizes both the vastness and the ease with which God accomplishes this creative act—as effortlessly as hanging fabric. The term's root suggests thinness or fineness, perhaps gauze-like material that can be stretched. This single use creates a memorable image: the star-filled sky is to God what a light veil is to human hands. French and German leave it untranslated, acknowledging its rarity.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Isaiah 40:22 declares that God 'stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in.' The simile emphasizes divine transcendence and creative power—what seems vast and fixed to us is like thin fabric to God. The term's connotation of fineness and pliability makes the comparison more striking: the seemingly solid heavens are as easily manipulated as gossamer cloth. This image precedes Isaiah's rhetorical question about who can compare to God, the Creator of earth's ends. 1×
AR["كَالسِّتَارَةِ"]·ben["পাতলা-পর্দার-মতো"]·DE["[כדק]"]·EN["like-a-curtain"]·FR["[כדק]"]·heb["כ-דוק"]·HI["जैसे-परदे"]·ID["seperti-tirai"]·IT["[כדק]"]·jav["kados-kain-tipis"]·KO["같이-휘장"]·PT["como-cortina"]·RU["как-завесу"]·ES["como-cortina"]·SW["kama-pazia"]·TR["perde-gibi"]·urd["پردے-کی-طرح"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† דֹּק n.[m.] veil, curtain (as thin), הַנּוֹטֶה כַּדֹּק שָׁמַיִם Is 40:22 he who spreadeth out, like a veil, the heavens.