al. , also in n.pr. Sab. & Ph. v. אהליאב ) — abs. א׳ Gn 4:20 +; cstr. id. Ex 28:43 +; אֹהֱלָה ( ה loc .) Gn 18:6 +; sf. אָהֳלִי Jb 29:4 +; אָֽהָלְךָ ψ 61:5 ; אָֽהֳלֹה Gn 9:21 + 3 times ( v. Dr Sm xxxv); pl. אֹהָלִים Gn 13:5 + ( Ges § 23.3); בָֽאֳהָלִים Ju 8:11 +; cstr. אָהֳלֵי Nu 16:26 +; sf. אֹהָלַי Je 4:2 0; אֹהָלֶיךָ Nu 24:5 +; אָהֳלֵיכֶם Jos 22:8 +, etc.— 1. tent of nomad Ct 1:5 Je 6:3 ; 49:29 ; ישֵׁב א׳ dweller in tents Gn 4:2 0; 25:27 ( J ); אָהֳלֵי מִקְנֶה tents of cattle 2 Ch 14:1 4; of soldier 1 Sa 17:54 cf. D r, Je 37:10 ; 1 K 12:16 ישׂראל לְאֹהֶלֶיךָ , exclam., to thy tents, Israel! , cf. 1 K 8:66 2 Ch 10:16 2 S 20:1 (but cf. D r, 1 S 17:54 ); of pleasure-tent on house-top 2 S 16:22 ( = bridal-tent, bridal pavilion, cf. חֻפָּה ψ 19:5 Jo 2:16 v. RS Kinship 168 ). 2. dwelling, habitation; ψ 91:10 בְּאֹהֳלֶךָ home (lit. in thy tent ), pl. לְאֹהָלֶֽךָ Ju 19: 9; בֵּיתִי א׳ habitation of my house ψ 132:3 cf. Dn 11:4 5; א׳ דוד habitat. or palace of David where throne erected Is 16:5 ; א׳ בַת צִיֹּון h. of daughter of Zion ( = Jerusalem) La 2:4 ; אָהֳלֵי יַעֲקֹב Je 30:18 Mal 2:12 ( || מִשְׁכָּן ); א׳ יְהוּדָה Zc 12:7 ( || בית דוד ); א׳ רְשָׁעִים h. of wicked Jb 8:2 2, cf. א׳ רֶשַׁע ψ 84:11 , א׳ יְשָׁרִים Pr 14:1 1; א׳ שֹׁחַד Jb 15:3 4; א׳ צַדִּיקִים ψ 118:15 ; א׳ אֱדֹום = Edom itself, ψ 83:7 cf. א׳ קְדָר ψ 120:5 א׳ כוּשָׁן Hb 3:7 ; cf. Is 54:2 ψ 69:26 . 3. the sacred tent in worship of God; הָאֹהֶל the tent; א׳ מֹועֵד tent of meeting of God with his people (tent of congregation or assembly Ges MV al. ) 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, Ex 33:7–11 Nu 12: 5, 10 Dt 31:1 4, 15 ; J seems to have same conception of an א׳ מ׳ outside the camp, Nu 11:24 , 26 ; D has no allusion to such a tent; P mentions it 131 times as א׳ מ׳ ; 19 times as הָאֹהֶל ( cf. Ez 41: 1) & א׳ הָעֵדוּת , tent of the testimony Nu 9:1 5; 17:22 , 23 ; 18:2 (as containing ark & tables of the testimony) cf. 2 Ch 24: 6; this tent sometimes confounded with the מִשְׁכָּן but distinguished in מִשְׁכַּן א׳מ׳ Ex 39:3 2; 40:2 , 6 , 29 , cf. 1 Ch 6:17 ; הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְהָאֹהֶל Nu 3:2 5; אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶת־אָהֳלֹו Ex 35:11 ; tent was of three layers of skins, goatskins, ramskins, & tachash skins,
each layer of eleven pieces stretched in form of a tent, covring & protecting the
מִשְׁכָּן
, wh. was in form of parallelopip. (
Ex 26
). An
אֹהֶל מֹועֵד
was at Shilo
1 S 2:22
(om.
Ö
;
v. D
r)
cf.
ψ 78:60
, called
א׳ יֹוסֵף
v
6
7. The Mosaic
א׳ מ׳
was later at Gibeon
2 Ch 1:3
,
6
,
13
; courses of ministry arranged for service at
א׳ מ׳
1 Ch 6:1
7;
23:32
cf.
1 Ch 9:19
(
הָא׳
),
v
2
1,
23
(
בֵּית הָא׳
); David erected an
אֹהֶל
for ark on Mt. Zion
2 S 6:17 1 Ch 15:
1;
16:1
;
2 Ch 1:4
; Joab
loc. local, locality. RS W. Robertson Smith.