אֹהֶל

H168. ohel
אֹ֫הֶל343 noun masculineGen 13:3 tent (compare Assyrian âlu, above, Arabic , fellow-dwellers, family, Sabean אהל DHMZMG 1883, 341 and others, also in proper names Sabean & Phoenician see אהליאב) — absolute ׳א Gen 4:20 +; construct id. Exo 28:43 +; אֹ֫הֱלָה (ה locative) Gen 18:6 +; suffix אָהֳלִי Job 29:4 +; אָֽהָלִךָ Psa 61:5; אָֽהֳלֹה Gen 9:21 Gen 9:3t. (see DrSm xxxv); plural אֹהָלִים Gen 13:5 + (Ges§ 23. 3); בָֽאֳהָלִים Jdg 8:11 +; construct אָהֳלֵי Num 16:26 +; suffix אֹהָלַי Jer 4:20; אֹהָלֶיךָ Num 24:5 +; אָהֳלֵיכֶם Jos 22:8 +, etc. —
1 tent of nomad Son 1:5; Jer 6:3; Jer 49:29; א ׳ישֵׁב dweller in tents Gen 4:20; Gen 25:27 (J); מִקְנֶה אָהֳלֵי tents of cattle2Ch 14:14; of soldier 1Sa 17:54 compare Dr, Jer 37:10; 1Ki 8:66 ישׂראל לְאֹהָלֶיךָ,, exclamation, to thy tents, Israel ! 1Ki 12:16 (twice in verse) compare 2Ch 10:16; 2Sa 20:1 (but compare Dr, 1Sa 17:54); of pleasure-tent on house-top 2Sa 16:22 (= bridal-tent, bridal pavilion, compare חֻמָּה Psa 19:5; Joe 2:16 see RSKinship 168).
2 dwelling, habitation; Psa 91:10 לְאֹהָלֶ֑ךָ home (literally to thy tents, plural) Jdg 19:9 (after הלך); בֵּיתִי ׳א habitation of my house Psa 132:3 compare Dan 11:45; ׳א דוד habitation or palace of David where throne erected Isa 16:5; ׳א צִיּוֺן בַת h. of daughter of Zion (= Jerusalem) Lam 2:4; יַעֲקֹב אָהֲלֵי Jer 30:18; Mal 2:12 (|| מִשְׁכָּן); ׳א יְהוּדָה Zec 12:7 (|| דוד בית); ׳א רְשָׁעִים h. of wicked Job 8:22, compare ׳א רֶשַׁע Psa 84:11, ׳א יְשָׁרִים Pro 14:11; ׳א שֹׁחַד Job 15:34; ׳א צַדִּיקִים Psa 118:15; ׳א אֱדוֺם = Edom itself, Psa 83:7 compare ׳א קְדָר Psa 120:5 ׳א כוּשָׁן Hab 3:7.
3 the sacred tent used in worship of God; הָאֹהֶל the tent; ׳א מוֺעֵד 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, Exo 33:7-11 Num 12:5, Num 12:10; Deu 31:14-15, J seems to have same conception of an ׳א ׳מ outside the camp, Num 11:24, Num 11:26; D has no allusion to such a tent; P mentions it 131 t. as ׳א ׳מ; 19 t. as הָאֹהֶל (compare Eze 41:1) & ׳א הָעֵדוּת, tent of the testimony Num 9:15; Numbers 17:22; Numbers 17:23; Num 18:2 (as containing ark & tables of the testimony) compare 2Ch 24:6; this tent sometimes confounded with the מִשְׁכָּן but distinguished in א ׳מִשְׁכַּן ׳מ Exo 39:32; Exo 40:2, Exo 40:6, Exo 40:29, compare 1Ch 6:17; וְהָאֹהֶל הַמִּשְׁכָּן Num 3:25; וְאֶתאָֿהֳלוֺ אֶתהַֿמִּשְׁכָּן Exo 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. (Exodus 26). An מוֺעֵד אֹהֶל was at Shilo 1Sa 2:22 (omitted ᵐ5; see Dr) compare Psa 78:60, called ׳א יוֺסֵף Psa 78:67. The Mosaic ׳א ׳מ was later at Gibeon 2Ch 1:3, 2Ch 1:6, 2Ch 1:13; courses of ministry arranged for service at ׳א ׳מ 1Ch 6:17; 1Ch 23:32 compare 1Ch 9:19 (׳הָא), 1Ch 9:21; 1Ch 9:23 (הָא ׳בֵּית); David erected an אֹהֶל for ark on Mt. Zion 2Sa 6:17; 1Ch 15:1; 1Ch 16:1; 2Ch 1:4; Joab fled for refuge to ׳א יהוה 1Ki 2:28-30; sacred oil brought from ׳הָא 1Ki 1:39; the ׳א מוֺעֵד was taken up into temple 1Ki 8:4 2Ch 5:5; ׳י had not previously dwelt in a בַּיִת, but had gone אֶלאֹֿהֶל מֵאֹהֶל from tent to tent, from one to another, 1Ch 17:5, compare 2Sa 7:6; ׳א יהוה (|| בַּיִת & קֹדֶשׁ הַר) is refuge & dwelling-place of righteous, Psa 15:1; Psa 27:5; Psa 27:6; Psa 61:5 (compare Psa 90:1).