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title: אָהַל — tent · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָהַל (167), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: tent. BDB 1906: vb.denom. tent, move tent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָהַל

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«אָהַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tent** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 167 · **BDB:** אָהַל

### Glosses

he.moved.tent (2); he.will.pitch.tent (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/167/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. tent, move tent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/167/#m2)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָהַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/167/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 13:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.13.12/)

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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.

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[Genesis 13:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.13.18/)

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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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