אֹהֶל

1. tent of nomad Hoj 1,5; Jer 6,3; Jer 49,29 ׳ישֵׁב א dweller in tents 1 Mos 4,20; 1 Mos 25,27 (J); אָהֳלֵי מִקְנֶה tents of cattle 2 Kron 14,14 of soldier 1 Sam 17,54 compare Dr, Jer 37,10; 1 Kong 8,66 לְאֹהָלֶיךָ, ישׂראל, exclamation, to thy tents, Israel ! 1 Kong 12,16 (twice in verse) compare 2 Kron 10,16; 2 Sam 20,1 (but compare Dr, 1 Sam 17,54); of pleasure-tent on house-top 2 Sam 16,22 (= bridal-tent, bridal pavilion, compare חֻפָּה Sl 19,5; Joel 2,16 see RS^{Kinship 168}).

2. dwelling, habitation; Sl 91,10 לְאֹהָלֶ֑ךָ home (literally to thy tents, plural) Dom 19,9 (after הלך); ׳א בֵּיתִי habitation of my house Sl 132,3 compare Dan 11,45 דוד ׳א habitation or palace of David where throne erected Es 16,5 בַת צִיּוֺן ׳א h. of daughter of Zion (= Jerusalem) Klg 2,4 אָהֲלֵי יַעֲקֹב Jer 30,18; Mal 2,12 (|| מִשְׁכָּן); יְהוּדָה ׳א Zak 12,7 (|| בית דוד); רְשָׁעִים ׳א h. of wicked Job 8,22, compare רֶשַׁע ׳א Sl 84,11, יְשָׁרִים ׳א Ord 14,11 שֹׁחַד ׳א Job 15,34 צַדִּיקִים ׳א Sl 118,15 אֱדוֺם ׳א = Edom itself, Sl 83,7 compare קְדָר ׳א Sl 120,5 כוּשָׁן ׳א Hab 3,7.

3. the sacred tent used in worship of God; הָאֹהֶל the tent; מוֺעֵד ׳א tent of meeting of God with his people (tent of congregation or assembly Ges MV and others) According to E Moses so called the tent which he used to pitch without the camp, afar off, into which he used to enter, & where God spake with him face to face, 2 Mos 33,7–11; 4 Mos 12,5; 4 Mos 12,10; 5 Mos 31,14; 5 Mos 31,15 J seems to have same conception of an ׳מ ׳א outside the camp, 4 Mos 11,24; 4 Mos 11,26 D has no allusion to such a tent; P mentions it 131 t. as ׳מ ׳א; 19 t. as הָאֹהֶל (compare Ezk 41,1) & הָעֵדוּת ׳א, tent of the testimony 4 Mos 9,15; 4 Mos 17,22; 4 Mos 17,23; 4 Mos 18,2 (as containing ark & tables of the testimony) compare 2 Kron 24,6 this tent sometimes confounded with the מִשְׁכָּן but distinguished in ׳מ ׳מִשְׁכַּן א 2 Mos 39,32; 2 Mos 40,2; 2 Mos 40,6; 2 Mos 40,29, compare 1 Kron 6,17 הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְהָאֹהֶל 4 Mos 3,25 אֶתהַֿמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶתאָֿהֳלוֺ 2 Mos 35,11 tent was of three layers of skins, goatskins, ramskins, & tachash skins, each layer of eleven pieces stretched in form of a tent, covering & protecting the מִשְׁכָּן, which was in form of parallelopip. (2 Mos 26,1–200). An אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד was at Shilo 1 Sam 2,22 (omitted ᵐ5; see Dr) compare Sl 78,60, called יוֺסֵף ׳א vSl 78,67. The Mosaic ׳מ ׳א was later at Gibeon 2 Kron 1,3; 2 Kron 1,6; 2 Kron 1,13 courses of ministry arranged for service at ׳מ ׳א 1 Kron 6,17; 1 Kron 23,32 compare 1 Kron 9,19 (׳הָא), v1 Kron 9,21 v1 Kron 9,23 (׳בֵּית הָא); David erected an אֹהֶל for ark on Mt. Zion 2 Sam 6,17; 1 Kron 15,1; 1 Kron 16,1; 2 Kron 1,4 Joab fled for refuge to יהוה ׳א 1 Kong 2,28–30 sacred oil brought from ׳הָא 1 Kong 1,39 the מוֺעֵד ׳א was taken up into temple 1 Kong 8,4 = 2 Kron 5,5 ׳י had not previously dwelt in a בַּיִת, but had gone מֵאֹהֶל אֶלאֹֿהֶל from tent to tent, from one to another, 1 Kron 17,5, compare 2 Sam 7,6 יהוה ׳א (|| בַּיִת & הַר קֹדֶשׁ) is refuge & dwelling-place of righteous, Sl 15,1; Sl 27,5; Sl 27,6; Sl 61,5 (compare Sl 90,1).