אוהל

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Hebrew

Root
א־ה־ל (ʾ-h-l)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔahl-. Note that this Hebrew form is peculiar to the Tiberian vocalization. The Palestinian vocalization points to אַהֶל (ʾáhel) instead, truer to the vowel in every other known cognate.

Pronunciation

Noun

אוהל / אֹהֶל • (óhel) m (plural indefinite אוהלים / אֹהָלִים, singular construct אוהל / אֹהֶל־, plural construct אוהלי / אָהֳלֵי־)

  1. tent (a pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather)
  2. (Judaism) A collective term for all that covers a dead body or that a dead body covers; used in legal discussions of purity and impurity.
  3. (Judaism) ohel (a structure erected over the grave of a great and righteous person)
  4. (אֹהֶל־, óhel-) singular construct state form of אוהל (óhel)‎.

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