אוהל

Hebrew

Root
א־ה־ל‎

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic أَهْل‎ (ʾahl, “family members”), Akkadian [script needed] (âlu', “settlement”).

Noun

אוהל \ אֹהֶל • (óhel) m (plural indefinite אוהלים \ אֹהָלִים‎, singular construct אוהל \ אֹהֶל־, plural construct אוהלי \ אָהֳלֵי־‎) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

  1. A tent: a portable shelter of skins or strong cloth stretched and held up by poles.
  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. An ohel: a structure erected over the grave of a great and righteous person.
  4. (אֹהֶל־‎, óhel-) Singular construct form of אוהל‎ (óhel)‎.
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