אֹ֫הֶל
tent
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Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
61 verses where H168 appears in the Construct state in the Book of Numbers. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Numbers
- Numbers 1:1 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
- Numbers 2:2 לְ/אֹֽהֶל prep + n c ms cs "The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses: at a distance from the tent of meeting shall they encamp around it."
- Numbers 2:17 אֹֽהֶל n c ms cs "Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they set out, every man in his place, by their standards.
- Numbers 3:7 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs They shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 3:8 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 3:25 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל וְ/הָ/אֹ֑הֶל אֹ֥הֶל prep + n c ms cs conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs The charge of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 3:38 אֹֽהֶל n c ms cs Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
- Numbers 4:3 בְּ/אֹ֥הֶל prep + n c ms cs from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:4 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, the most holy things.
- Numbers 4:15 בְּ/אֹ֥הֶל prep + n c ms cs "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:23 בְּ/אֹ֥הֶל prep + n c ms cs from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shall you number them; all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:25 אֹ֣הֶל אֹ֥הֶל n c ms cs n c ms cs they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above on it, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 4:28 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
- Numbers 4:30 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms cs from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shall you number them, everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:31 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs This is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
- Numbers 4:33 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."
- Numbers 4:35 בְּ/אֹ֥הֶל prep + n c ms cs from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:37 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs These are those who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
- Numbers 4:39 בְּ/אֹ֥הֶל prep + n c ms cs from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 4:41 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh.
- Numbers 4:43 בְּ/אֹ֥הֶל prep + n c ms cs from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 4:47 בְּ/אֹ֥הֶל prep + n c ms cs from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 6:10 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms cs On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 6:13 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms cs "This is the law of the Nazirite: when the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 6:18 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms cs The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.
- Numbers 7:5 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs "Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the Tent of Meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service."
- Numbers 7:89 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Yahweh, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to him.
- Numbers 8:9 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 8:15 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs "After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.
- Numbers 8:19 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary."
- Numbers 8:22 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
- Numbers 8:24 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms cs "This is that which belongs to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;
- Numbers 8:26 בְּ/אֹ֤הֶל prep + n c ms cs but shall minister with their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites concerning their duties."
- Numbers 9:15 לְ/אֹ֖הֶל prep + n c ms cs On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony: and at evening it was over the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
- Numbers 10:3 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms cs When they shall blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the door of the tent of meeting.
- Numbers 11:10 אָהֳל֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of Yahweh was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.
- Numbers 11:16 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs Yahweh said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you.
- Numbers 12:4 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs Yahweh spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out you three to the tent of meeting. They three came out.
- Numbers 14:10 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. The glory of Yahweh appeared in the tent of meeting to all the children of Israel.
- Numbers 16:18 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms cs They took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
- Numbers 16:19 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the tent of meeting: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the congregation.
- Numbers 16:26 אָהֳלֵ֨י n c mp cs He spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.
- Numbers 16:27 אָֽהֳלֵי/הֶ֔ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp So they got them up from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
- Numbers 16:42 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs It happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Yahweh appeared.
- Numbers 16:43 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms cs Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.
- Numbers 16:50 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was stayed.
- Numbers 17:4 בְּ/אֹ֣הֶל prep + n c ms cs You shall lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
- Numbers 17:7 בְּ/אֹ֖הֶל prep + n c ms cs Moses laid up the rods before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony.
- Numbers 17:8 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs It happened on the next day, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
- Numbers 18:2 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms cs Your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring you near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony.
- Numbers 18:4 אֹ֣הֶל הָ/אֹ֑הֶל n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms They shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come near to you.
- Numbers 18:6 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms cs I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given to Yahweh, to do the service of the tent of meeting.
- Numbers 18:21 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms cs To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.
- Numbers 18:22 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
- Numbers 18:23 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
- Numbers 18:31 בְּ/אֹ֥הֶל prep + n c ms cs You shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.
- Numbers 19:4 אֹֽהֶל n c ms cs and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.
- Numbers 24:5 אֹהָלֶ֖י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms How goodly are your tents, Jacob, Your tents, Israel!
- Numbers 25:6 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms cs Behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.
- Numbers 27:2 אֹֽהֶל n c ms cs They stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying,
- Numbers 31:54 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms cs Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh.
About this entry
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“tent” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun אהל (ʼôhel). Its English rendering has broadened — “tabernacle” classically, “tent of” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) in modern versions; see the renderings breakdown. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 314 verses — common. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 4:20. Its meaning spans more than one sense — see its full sense range. See the sense tree, 314-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H168 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 314
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 314 distinct verses.
- 26 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 26 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #141
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 141 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 314 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 314 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 192 verses · 61%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 66 verses · 21%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 56 verses · 18%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Tabernacle 172×, Tent 83×, Tents 44×
- American Standard Version: Tent 229×, Tents 46×, Tabernacle 7×
- Berean Standard Bible: Tent 259×, Tents 46×, Home 8×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Tent of 135×, Tent 134×, Tents 44×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H168 across 345 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H168 across 341 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 40 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H168 across 338 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 13 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H168 across 348 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 3 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. tent of nomad Ct 1:5 Je 6:3; 49:29; ישֵׁב א׳ dweller in tents Gn 4:20; 25:27 (J); אָהֳלֵי מִקְנֶה tents of cattle 2 Ch 14:14; of soldier 1 Sa 17:54 cf. Dr, Je 37:10; 1 K 12:16 ישׂראל לְאֹהָלֶיךָ, exclam., to thy tents, Israel!, cf. 1 K 8:66 2 Ch 10:16 2 S 20:1 (but cf. Dr, 1 S 17:54); of pleasure-tent on house-top 2 S 16:22 (= bridal-tent, bridal pavilion, cf. חֻפָּה ψ 19:5 Jo 2:16 v. RSKinship 168). e.g. Song of Solomon 1:5
- 2. dwelling, habitation; ψ 91:10 בְּאֹהֳלֶ֑ךָ home (lit. in thy tent), pl. לְאֹהָלֶֽךָ Ju 19:9; בֵּיתִי א׳ habitation of my house ψ 132:3 cf. Dn 11:45; א׳ דוד habitat. or palace of David where throne erected Is 16:5; א׳ בַת צִיּוֹן h. of daughter of Zion (= Jerusalem) La 2:4; אָהֳלֵי יַעֲקֹב Je 30:18 Mal 2:12 (‖ מִשְׁכָּן); א׳ יְהוּדָה Zc 12:7 (‖ בית דוד); א׳ רְשָׁעִים h. of wicked Jb 8:22, cf. א׳ רֶשַׁע ψ 84:11, א׳ יְשָׁרִים Pr 14:11; א׳ שֹׁחַד Jb 15:34; א׳ צַדִּיקִים ψ 118:15; א׳ אֱדוֹם = Edom itself, ψ 83:7 cf. א׳ קְדָר ψ 120:5 א׳ כוּשָׁן Hb 3:7; cf. Is 54:2 ψ 69:26. e.g. Psalms 91:10
- 3. the sacred tent in worship of God; הָאֹהֶל the tent; א׳ מוֹעֵד tent of meeting of God with his people (tent of congregation or assembly Ges MV al.) According to E Moses so called the tent which he used to pitch without the camp, afar off, into which he used to enter, & where God spake with him face to face, Ex 33:7–11 Nu 12:5, 10 Dt 31:14, 15; J seems to have same conception of an א׳ מ׳ outside the camp, Nu 11:24, 26; D has no allusion to such a tent; P mentions it 131 times as א׳ מ׳; 19 times as הָאֹהֶל (cf. Ez 41:1) & א׳ הָעֵדוּת, tent of the testimony Nu 9:15; 17:22, 23; 18:2 (as containing ark & tables of the testimony) cf. 2 Ch 24:6; this tent sometimes confounded with the מִשְׁכָּן but distinguished in מִשְׁכַּן א׳מ׳ Ex 39:32; 40:2, 6, 29, cf. 1 Ch 6:17; הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְהָאֹהֶל Nu 3:25; אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶת־אָהֳלוֹ Ex 35:11; tent was of three layers of skins, goatskins, ramskins, & tachash skins, each layer of eleven pieces stretched in form of a tent, covring & protecting the מִשְׁכָּן, wh. was in form of parallelopip. (Ex 26). An אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד was at Shilo 1 S 2:22 (om. 𝔊; v. Dr) cf. ψ 78:60, called א׳ יוֹסֵף v 67. The Mosaic א׳ מ׳ was later at Gibeon 2 Ch 1:3, 6, 13; courses of ministry arranged for service at א׳ מ׳ 1 Ch 6:17; 23:32 cf. 1 Ch 9:19 (הָא׳), v 21, 23 (בֵּית הָא׳); David erected an אֹהֶל for ark on Mt. Zion 2 S 6:17 1 Ch 15:1; 16:1; 2 Ch 1:4; Joab fled for refuge to א׳ יהוה 1 K 2:28–30; sacred oil brought from הָא׳ 1 K 1:39; the א׳ מוֹעֵד was taken up into temple 1 K 8:4 = 2 Ch 5:5; י׳ had not previously dwelt in a בַּיִת, but had gone מֵאֹהֶל אֶל־אֹהֶל from tent to tent, from one to another, 1 Ch 17:5, cf. 2 S 7:6; א׳ יהוה (‖ בַּיִת & הַר קֹדֶשׁ) is refuge & dwelling-place of righteous, ψ 15:1; 27:5, 6; 61:5 (cf. ψ 90:1). e.g. Exodus 33:7
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. Gn 13:3 tent (cf. Assyrian âlu, supr., Arabic أَهْلٌ, fellow-dwellers, family, Sab. אהל DHMZMG 1883, 341 al., also in n.pr. Sab. & Ph. v. אהליאב)—abs. א׳ Gn 4:20 +; cstr. id. Ex 28:43 +; אֹ֫הֱלָה (ה loc.) Gn 18:6 +; sf. אָהֳלִי Jb 29:4 +; אָֽהָלְךָ ψ 61:5; אָֽהֳלֹה Gn 9:21 + 3 times (v. DrSm xxxv); pl. אֹהָלִים Gn 13:5 + (Ges§ 23.3); בָֽאֳהָלִים Ju 8:11 +; cstr. אָהֳלֵי Nu 16:26 +; sf. אֹהָלַי Je 4:20; אֹהָלֶיךָ Nu 24:5 +; אָהֳלֵיכֶם Jos 22:8 +, etc.—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from אהל (ʼâhal) (H166) — to shine.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אָהַל
- (b. h.), Pi. אִיהֵל (deriv. of אֹהֶל) to spread tent-like, to cover, shade, bend over &c., usu. with refer. to levitical uncleanness arising from being under the same shelter with, or forming a shelter over, a corpse &c. Meïlah 17ᵃ אי׳ על מקצתו if he bent over a portion (of the blood). Sabb. 17ᵃ אי׳ צדו אחת וכ׳ he caused one side of his body to overshadow the grave.—[More freq.]
- same. Ohol. III, 1; 3 sq. הא׳ על המת he formed a tent, i.e. spread himself, or bent, over a corpse. Ib. הבית מַאֲחִיל עליו the house forms a cover over part of it. Y. Sot. IX, 23ᶜ top; a. fr.
אֹהֶל
- tent, shelter. Succ. 21ᵇ א׳ עראי a temporary dwelling. א׳ קבע a permanent dwelling.—Naz. 55ᵃ א׳ זרוק a movable cover, e.g. a person carried in a vehicle over a grave, v. foreg.—B. Bath. 27ᵇ, a. fr. א׳ הטומאה something spread over an unclean object, e.g. a tree shading a corpse; v. foreg. Naz. VII, 2, v. אָהִיל.—Pl. אוֹהֳלִים, (אָהֳולִין) אוֹהֳלִין. Y. Sabb. XX, beg. 17ᶜ נטע א׳ to spread sheets over poles &c. (Tosef. ib. XII (XIII), 14, a. e. עשה א׳). Y. Erub. I, 19ᵈ א׳ בשיירה tents in a caravan, א׳ שבמחנה in a camp. Tosef. Kil. V, 25 אהולין ed. Zuck.
אֳהָל
- (Syr. אחלא P. Sm. 125; הל, חל, v. הלל, חלל, cmp. מוהל, מוחל)
- 1. an alcalic plant, used as soap. Sabb. 90ᵃ; Nidd. 62ᵃ (counted among plants subject to the laws of the Sabbath year).
- 2. a mineral substance of the same use (in connection with נתר; v. however Maim. to Nidd. IX, 6). Nidd. l. c. והתניא הבורית והאהל; (Sabb. l. c. first time חול ed., Ms. M. אָהֵיל; sec. time אהלא ed., Ms. M. אהיל). M. Kat. 17ᵇ; a, e. [The biblical אהלים a. אהלות have no connection of meaning with our w.]
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Forms in the corpus
The 129 distinct written forms H168 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 69 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H168, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 6 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 293 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 314 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 4:20
- Exodus 16:16
- Leviticus 1:1
- Numbers 1:1
- Deuteronomy 1:27
- Joshua 3:14
- Judges 4:11
- 1 Samuel 2:22
- 2 Samuel 6:17
- 1 Kings 1:39
- 2 Kings 7:7
- 1 Chronicles 4:41
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
