אֹ֫הֶל
tent
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
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).
76 distinct verses where H168 appears in the Absolute state, across 17 books. 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.
Genesis 10 verses
- Genesis 4:20 אֹ֖הֶל n c ms Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.
- Genesis 13:5 וְ/אֹהָלִֽים conj + n c mp Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
- Genesis 18:1 הָ/אֹ֖הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
- Genesis 18:2 הָ/אֹ֔הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
- Genesis 18:6 הָ/אֹ֖הֱלָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c ms + sfx dem Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly make ready three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."
- Genesis 18:9 בָ/אֹֽהֶל prep det + n c ms They said to him, "Where is Sarah, your wife? He said, "See, in the tent."
- Genesis 18:10 הָ/אֹ֖הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
- Genesis 24:67 הָ/אֹ֨הֱלָ/ה֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms + sfx dem Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
- Genesis 25:27 אֹהָלִֽים n c mp The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
- Genesis 31:34 הָ/אֹ֖הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel's saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt about all the tent, but didn't find them.
Exodus 21 verses
- Exodus 18:7 הָ/אֹֽהֱלָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c ms + sfx dem Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.
- Exodus 26:7 לְ/אֹ֖הֶל prep + n c ms "You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent: eleven curtains shall you make them.
- Exodus 26:9 הָ/אֹֽהֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent.
- Exodus 26:11 הָ/אֹ֖הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms You shall make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
- Exodus 26:12 הָ/אֹ֑הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tent.
- Exodus 26:13 הָ/אֹ֑הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms The cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tent on this side and on that side, to cover it.
- Exodus 26:14 לָ/אֹ֔הֶל prep det + n c ms You shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.
- Exodus 26:36 הָ/אֹ֔הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms "You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
- Exodus 31:7 אֹ֣הֶל הָ/אֹֽהֶל n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat that is on it, all the furniture of the Tent,
- Exodus 33:7 הָ/אֹ֜הֶל אֹ֣הֶל אֹ֣הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs n c ms cs Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp, and he called it "The tent of meeting." It happened that everyone who sought Yahweh went out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.
- Exodus 33:8 הָ/אֹ֔הֶל אָהֳל֑/וֹ הָ/אֹֽהֱלָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms ptcl def.art + n c ms + sfx dem It happened that when Moses went out to the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, everyone at their tent door, and watched Moses, until he had gone into the Tent.
- Exodus 33:9 הָ/אֹ֔הֱלָ/ה הָ/אֹ֑הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms + sfx dem ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, when Moses entered into the Tent, that the pillar of cloud descended, stood at the door of the Tent, and spoke with Moses.
- Exodus 33:10 הָ/אֹ֑הֶל אָהֳלֽ/וֹ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent, and all the people rose up and worshiped, everyone at their tent door.
- Exodus 33:11 הָ/אֹֽהֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn't depart out of the Tent.
- Exodus 36:14 לְ/אֹ֖הֶל prep + n c ms He made curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent. He made them eleven curtains.
- Exodus 36:18 הָ/אֹ֖הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms He made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit.
- Exodus 36:19 לָ/אֹ֔הֶל prep det + n c ms He made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.
- Exodus 36:37 הָ/אֹ֔הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
- Exodus 39:33 הָ/אֹ֖הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms They brought the tent to Moses, the tent, with all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, it bars, its pillars, its sockets,
- Exodus 39:38 הָ/אֹֽהֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the Tent,
- Exodus 40:19 הָ/אֹ֨הֶל֙ הָ/אֹ֛הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tent above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Numbers 11 verses
- 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 9:17 הָ/אֹ֔הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel traveled; and in the place where the cloud remained, there the children of Israel encamped.
- Numbers 11:24 הָ/אֹֽהֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses went out, and told the people the words of Yahweh: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent.
- Numbers 11:26 הָ/אֹ֑הֱלָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c ms + sfx dem But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested on them; and they were of those who were written, but had not gone out to the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.
- Numbers 12:5 הָ/אֹ֑הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.
- Numbers 12:10 הָ/אֹ֔הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms The cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, as [white as] snow: and Aaron looked at Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
- Numbers 18:3 הָ/אֹ֑הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms They shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the Tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you.
- 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 19:14 בְּ/אֹ֑הֶל הָ/אֹ֨הֶל֙ בָּ/אֹ֔הֶל prep + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms prep det + n c ms This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
- Numbers 19:18 הָ/אֹ֨הֶל֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms and a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave:
- Numbers 20:6 אֹ֣הֶל n c ms Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tent of meeting, and fell on their faces: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to them.
Deuteronomy 1 verse
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 7:22 הָ/אֹ֑הֱלָ/ה בְּ/אָהֳל֖/וֹ ptcl def.art + n c ms + sfx dem prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
- Joshua 7:23 הָ/אֹ֔הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms They took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel; and they laid them down before Yahweh.
Judges 6 verses
- Judges 4:18 הָ/אֹ֔הֱלָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c ms + sfx dem Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don't be afraid. He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
- Judges 4:20 הָ/אֹ֑הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms He said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man does come and inquire of you, and say, Is there any man here? that you shall say, No.
- Judges 4:21 הָ/אֹ֜הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
- Judges 5:24 בָּ/אֹ֖הֶל prep det + n c ms Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
- Judges 7:13 הָ֠/אֹהֶל הָ/אֹֽהֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms When Gideon had come, behold, there was a man telling a dream to his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream; and, behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.
- Judges 8:11 בָֽ/אֳהָלִ֔ים prep + n c mp Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the host; for the host was secure.
2 Samuel 3 verses
- 2 Samuel 6:17 הָ/אֹ֔הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms They brought in the ark of Yahweh, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings before Yahweh.
- 2 Samuel 7:6 בְּ/אֹ֖הֶל prep + n c ms for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tent.
- 2 Samuel 16:22 הָ/אֹ֖הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
1 Kings 2 verses
- 1 Kings 1:39 הָ/אֹ֔הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, [Long] live king Solomon.
- 1 Kings 8:4 אֹ֣הֶל בָּ/אֹ֑הֶל n c ms cs prep det + n c ms They brought up the ark of Yahweh, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
2 Kings 2 verses
- 2 Kings 7:8 אֹ֤הֶל אֹ֣הֶל n c ms n c ms When these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried there also, and went and hid it.
- 2 Kings 7:10 וְ/אֹהָלִ֖ים conj + n c mp So they came and called to the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
1 Chronicles 5 verses
- 1 Chronicles 9:19 לָ/אֹ֑הֶל prep det + n c ms Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent: and their fathers had been over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the entry.
- 1 Chronicles 9:23 הָ/אֹ֖הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Yahweh, even the house of the tent, by wards.
- 1 Chronicles 15:1 אֹֽהֶל n c ms [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
- 1 Chronicles 16:1 הָ/אֹ֔הֶל ptcl def.art + n c ms They brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings before God.
- 1 Chronicles 17:5 מֵ/אֹ֥הֶל אֹ֖הֶל prep + n c ms n c ms for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tent [to another].
2 Chronicles 2 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:4 אֹ֖הֶל n c ms But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim to [the place] that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 5:5 אֹ֣הֶל בָּ/אֹ֑הֶל n c ms cs prep det + n c ms and they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; these did the priests the Levites bring up.
Job 1 verse
Psalms 3 verses
- Psalms 19:4 אֹ֥הֶל n c ms Their voice has gone out through all the earth, Their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
- Psalms 52:5 מֵ/אֹ֑הֶל prep + n c ms God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, And root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
- Psalms 78:60 אֹ֝֗הֶל n c ms So that he forsook the tent of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;
Isaiah 2 verses
- Isaiah 33:20 אֹ֤הֶל n c ms Look on Zion, the city of our solemnities: your eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes of it shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords of it be broken.
- Isaiah 40:22 כָּ/אֹ֖הֶל prep det + n c ms [It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants of it are as grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in;
Jeremiah 3 verses
- Jeremiah 6:3 אֹהָלִים֙ n c mp Shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed everyone in his place.
- Jeremiah 35:7 בָּ/אֳהָלִ֤ים prep + n c mp neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you sojourn.
- Jeremiah 35:10 בָּֽ/אֳהָלִ֑ים prep + n c mp but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Ezekiel 1 verse
Hosea 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“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
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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.—
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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.
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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
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