Word

אָהַל

ʼâhal · H167 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences

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TentBuildings and Structures109 verses

Meanings

to pitch one's tent

To set up one's tents in a certain location with the purpose of settling there for a certain amount of time

Examples
Genesis 13:12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the vicinity of the Jordan, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.
Genesis 13:18 Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron; and there he built an altar to the LORD.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

עֲרָבִיArab 1
אַבְרָםAbram 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

עַדto, as far as, until+ סְדֹםSodom 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 2 groups

לֹאnot 1
שָׁםthere 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

חָנָה chânâh · H2583 · to camp, to be encamped, to set up (a tent): Both words denote the act of pitching or dwelling in tents (אָהַל (ʼâhal, H167) explicitly "pitch a tent," חָנָה (chânâh, H2583) includes "pitch tent, rest in tent, encamp, abide in tents"). They are distinct words that can substitute in the specific sense of setting up a temporary dwelling.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Dwell002002001005: אָהַל describes pitching or moving a tent, as Abram moved his tents as far as Sodom while Lot settled nearby (Genesis 13:12).
Good002001001031: The word can carry a connotation of settling in a favorable place, as Abram moving his tent to dwell by the oaks of Mamre where he built an altar (Genesis 13:18).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H167. ahal [אָהַל] verb denominative tent, move tent from place to place (compare…

H167. ahal
[אָהַל] verb denominative tent, move tent from place to place (compare Assyrian â'ilu (?) DlW No. 4 & Agl) וַיֶּאֱהַל Gen 13:12, Gen 13:18 (J), compare אֹהֶל ישֵׁב (see אֹהֶל);
Pi`el Imperfect יַהֵל (contracted for יְאַהֵל) pitch one's tent like nomad Isa 13:20.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0