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title: אָהַל — be clear · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָהַל (166), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be clear. BDB 1906: vb. be clear, shine. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָהַל

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«אָהַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be clear** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 166 · **BDB:** אָהַל²

### Glosses

it.is.clear (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be clear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/166/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be clear, shine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/166/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be clear, shine, Impf. 3 ms. יַאֲהִיל (subj. moon יָרֵחַ) Jb 25:5 (‖ זַכּוּ subj. כוכבים, cf. also יִזְכֶּה v 4) (= יָהֵל, from הלל; (by text error?) cf. Di so 𝔊 \> = I. אָהַל KöI, 373, after Ki).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָהַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/166/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 25:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.25.5/)

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הֵ֣ן עַד־יָ֭רֵחַ וְלֹ֣א יַאֲהִ֑יל וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗ים לֹא־זַכּ֥וּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* there! up.to \[the\].moon and not it.is.clear and.\[the\] stars not they.are.pure in eyes his

*JPS 1917:* Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, and the stars are not pure in His sight;

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