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title: אָהָל — aloe · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָהָל (174), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: aloe. BDB 1906: aloe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָהָל

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«אָהָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **aloe** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 174 · **BDB:** אהל²

### Glosses

aloes (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

aloe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/174/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

aloe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/174/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] odorif. tree, aloe (?) (? loan-word from Skr. aguru, agaru, dial. aghil, cf. WilsonSkr. Dict.; M. Müller in Pusey Dn 2d ed. p. 647 f.; aloëxylon agallochum (cf. SigismundAromata, Leipz. 1884, p. 38 f, MV cite KondrackiBeitr.z.Kenntn.d.Aloe, Dorpat 1874 \& BaerReden III, 293 f); others aloë succotrina (SchenkelBL, cf. Di ad Nu 24:6); Wetzst in DeCt 2d ed. 167 brings under I. אהל; he proposes cardamum, Ar. هَيْل from أُهَيْل = little tents, from three-cornered shape of capsules) pl. אֲהָלִים trees planted by י׳ Nu 24:6 (‖ ארזים) perhaps error for אֵילִים cf. Di. aloes, as sweet-smelling; perfume for bed, אֲהָלִים Pr 7:17 (‖ מֹר, קִנָּמוֹן); for garments אֲהָלוֹת ψ 45:9 (‖ מֹר, קְצִיעוֹת); of bride, under fig. of odorif. tree Ct 4:14 (‖ מֹר, כָּל־רָאשֵׁי בְשָׂמִים).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָהָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/174/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.17/)

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נַ֥פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י מֹ֥ר אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* I.have.sprinkled bed my myrrh aloes and cinnamon

*JPS 1917:* I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

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[Psalms 45:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.45.9/)

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מֹר־וַאֲהָל֣וֹת קְ֭צִיעוֹת כָּל־בִּגְדֹתֶ֑יךָ מִֽן־הֵ֥יכְלֵי שֵׁ֝֗ן מִנִּ֥י שִׂמְּחֽוּךָ׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].myrrh and aloes cassia(s) all clothes your from palaces of.ivory stringed.instrument they have.made.you.glad

*JPS 1917:* Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

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