אָהַל
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H167
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
tent tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
אָהַל: vb.denom. tent, move tent tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb.denom. tent, move tent from place to place (cf. Assyrian âʾilu(?) DlWNo. 4 & AGl) וַיֶּאֱהַל Gn 13:12, 18 (J), cf. ישֵׁב אֹהֶל (v. אֹהֶל); Impf. יַהֵל (contr. for יְאַהֵל) pitch one’s tent like nomad Is 13:20.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he moved tent (2); he will pitch tent (1).
In the verses
אַבְרָ֖ם יָשַׁ֣ב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־כְּנָ֑עַן וְל֗וֹט יָשַׁב֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י הַכִּכָּ֔ר וַיֶּאֱהַ֖ל עַד־סְדֹֽם׃
Word for word: Abram he.dwelt in the.land of.Canaan and Lot he.dwelt in the.cities of the.valley and he.moved.tent to Sodom
JPS 1917: Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ל אַבְרָ֗ם וַיָּבֹ֛א וַיֵּ֛שֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵ֥י מַמְרֵ֖א אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֥ם מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה׃פ
Word for word: and he.moved.tent Abram and he.went and he.dwelt at the.great.trees of.Mamre which [are].at Hebron and he.built there an.altar to Yahweh
JPS 1917: And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
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