אֹ֫הֶל343 noun masculine[Gen 13:3] tent (compare Assyrian âlu, above, Arabic , fellow-dwellers, family, Sabean אהל DHMZMG 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 DrSm 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 RSKinship 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 v[Ps 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), v[1Chr 9:21] v[1Chr 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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