Lexical Definition

‎אֹהֶל‎ ʼôhel (o'-hel) tent ^H:N-M
from ‎אָהַל‎

covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.

• a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

1) tent
1a) nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience
1b) dwelling, home, habitation
1c) the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)

See Greek: κατάλυμα · οἶκος · σκηνή · σκήνωμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֹ֫הֶל‎₃₄₃ noun masculine^{Gen 13:3} tent (compare Assyrian âlu, above, Arabic , fellow-dwellers, family, Sabean ‎אהל‎ DHM^{ZMG 1883, 341} and others, also in proper names Sabean & Phoenician see ‎אהליאב‎) — absolute ‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 4:20 +; construct id. Exod 28:43 +; ‎אֹ֫הֱלָה‎ (‎ה‎ locative) Gen 18:6 +; suffix ‎אָהֳלִי‎ Job 29:4 +; ‎אָֽהָלִךָ‎ Ps 61:5* ‎אָֽהֳלֹה‎ Gen 9:21 + 3 t. (see Dr^{Sm xxxv}); plural ‎אֹהָלִים‎ Gen 13:5 + (Ges^{«GKC:23»§ 23}. 3); ‎בָֽאֳהָלִים‎ Judg 8:11 +; construct ‎אָהֳלֵי‎ Num 16:26 +; suffix ‎אֹהָלַי‎ Jer 4:20 ‎אֹהָלֶיךָ‎ Num 24:5 +; ‎אָהֳלֵיכֶם‎ Josh 22:8 +, etc. —

1. tent of nomad Song 1:5; Jer 6:3; Jer 49:29 ‎׳‎‎ישֵׁב א‎ dweller in tents Gen 4:20; Gen 25:27 (J); ‎אָהֳלֵי מִקְנֶה‎ tents of cattle 2Chr 14:14* of soldier 1Sam 17:54 compare Dr, Jer 37:10; 1Kgs 8:66 ‎לְאֹהָלֶיךָ‎, ‎ישׂראל‎, exclamation, to thy tents, Israel ! 1Kgs 12:16 (twice in verse) compare 2Chr 10:16; 2Sam 20:1 (but compare Dr, 1Sam 17:54); of pleasure-tent on house-top 2Sam 16:22 (= bridal-tent, bridal pavilion, compare ‎חֻפָּה‎ Ps 19:5*; Joel 2:16 see RS^{Kinship 168}).

2. dwelling, habitation; Ps 91:10 ‎לְאֹהָלֶ֑ךָ‎ home (literally to thy tents, plural) Judg 19:9 (after ‎הלך‎); ‎׳‎‎א‎ ‎בֵּיתִי‎ habitation of my house Ps 132:3 compare Dan 11:45 ‎דוד‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ habitation or palace of David where throne erected Isa 16:5 ‎בַת צִיּוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ h. of daughter of Zion (= Jerusalem) Lam 2:4 ‎אָהֲלֵי יַעֲקֹב‎ Jer 30:18; Mal 2:12 (|| ‎מִשְׁכָּן‎); ‎יְהוּדָה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Zech 12:7 (|| ‎בית דוד‎); ‎רְשָׁעִים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ h. of wicked Job 8:22, compare ‎רֶשַׁע‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Ps 84:11*, ‎יְשָׁרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Prov 14:11 ‎שֹׁחַד‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Job 15:34 ‎צַדִּיקִים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Ps 118:15 ‎אֱדוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ = Edom itself, Ps 83:7* compare ‎קְדָר‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Ps 120:5 ‎כוּשָׁן‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Hab 3:7.

3. the sacred tent used in worship of God; ‎הָאֹהֶל‎ the tent; ‎מוֺעֵד‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ tent of meeting of God with his people (tent of congregation or assembly Ges MV and others) 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, Exod 33:7-11; Num 12:5; Num 12:10; Deut 31:14; Deut 31:15 J seems to have same conception of an ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ outside the camp, Num 11:24; Num 11:26 D has no allusion to such a tent; P mentions it 131 t. as ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎; 19 t. as ‎הָאֹהֶל‎ (compare Ezek 41:1) & ‎הָעֵדוּת‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎, tent of the testimony Num 9:15; Num 17:22*; Num 17:23*; Num 18:2 (as containing ark & tables of the testimony) compare 2Chr 24:6 this tent sometimes confounded with the ‎מִשְׁכָּן‎ but distinguished in ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִשְׁכַּן א‎ Exod 39:32; Exod 40:2; Exod 40:6; Exod 40:29, compare 1Chr 6:17* ‎הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְהָאֹהֶל‎ Num 3:25 ‎אֶתהַֿמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶתאָֿהֳלוֺ‎ Exod 35:11 tent was of three layers of skins, goatskins, ramskins, & tachash skins, each layer of eleven pieces stretched in form of a tent, covering & protecting the ‎מִשְׁכָּן‎, which was in form of parallelopip. (Exod 26). An ‎אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד‎ was at Shilo 1Sam 2:22 (omitted ᵐ5; see Dr) compare Ps 78:60, called ‎יוֺסֵף‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ vPs 78:67. The Mosaic ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ was later at Gibeon 2Chr 1:3; 2Chr 1:6; 2Chr 1:13 courses of ministry arranged for service at ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 1Chr 6:17*; 1Chr 23:32 compare 1Chr 9:19 (‎׳‎‎הָא‎), v1Chr 9:21 v1Chr 9:23 (‎׳‎‎בֵּית הָא‎); David erected an ‎אֹהֶל‎ for ark on Mt. Zion 2Sam 6:17; 1Chr 15:1; 1Chr 16:1; 2Chr 1:4 Joab fled for refuge to ‎יהוה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 1Kgs 2:28-30 sacred oil brought from ‎׳‎‎הָא‎ 1Kgs 1:39 the ‎מוֺעֵד‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ was taken up into temple 1Kgs 8:4 = 2Chr 5:5 ‎׳‎‎י‎ had not previously dwelt in a ‎בַּיִת‎, but had gone ‎מֵאֹהֶל אֶלאֹֿהֶל‎ from tent to tent, from one to another, 1Chr 17:5, compare 2Sam 7:6 ‎יהוה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ (|| ‎בַּיִת‎ & ‎הַר קֹדֶשׁ‎) is refuge & dwelling-place of righteous, Ps 15:1; Ps 27:5; Ps 27:6; Ps 61:5* (compare Ps 90:1).

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