אהל

Arabic

Noun

אהל • (ʔahl) m

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of أَهْل (ʔahl, “kin, family; people, members”)‎‎
   • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎^[1], Exodus 1:6:

     תׄם מאת יוסף וגׄמיע אכׄותה וגׄמיע אהל דׄלך אלגׄיל׃

     ṯumma māta yūsufu wa-jamīʕu ʔiḵwatihi wa-jamīʕu ʔahli ḏālika l-jīli.

     Then Joseph died and all his brethren and all the people of that generation.

Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (אָהַל, ahál): (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /aˈhal/
• (אִהֵל, ihél): (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /iˈhel/
• (אָהָל, ahál): (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /aˈhal/
• (אֹהֶל, óhel): (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈo.hel/

Etymology 1

Root
א־ה־ל (ʾ-h-l)

From the root א־ה־ל ('-h-l).

Verb

אָהַל • (ahál) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. to pitch a tent

Conjugation

Conjugation of אָהַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לאהול / לֶאֱהֹל action noun: — passive participle: אָהוּל
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	אָהַלְתִּי		אָהַלְנוּ
	second	אָהַלְתָּ	אָהַלְתְּ	אֲהַלְתֶּם1	אֲהַלְתֶּן1
	third	אָהַל	אָהֲלָה	אָהֲלוּ
present		אוֹהֵל	אוֹהֶלֶת	אוֹהֲלִים	אוֹהֲלוֹת
future	first	אֶאֱהַל		נֶאֱהַל
	second	תֶּאֱהַל	תֶּאֶהֲלִי	תֶּאֶהֲלוּ	תֶּאֱהַלְנָה2
	third	יֶאֱהַל	תֶּאֱהַל	יֶאֶהֲלוּ	תֶּאֱהַלְנָה2
imperative		אֱהַל	אֶהֱלִי	אֶהֱלוּ	אֱהַלְנָה2
notes		Pronounced אָהַלְתֶּם and אָהַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H167 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

אִהֵל • (ihél) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of איהל

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Tamil 𑀅𑀓𑀺𑀮𑁰 (akil).

Noun

אָהָל • (ahál) m (plural indefinite אֲהָלִים, no construct forms)

1. (obsolete, Biblical Hebrew) aloe
2. (obsolete, Talmudic) a plant that was used for laundry
3. mesembryanthemum

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: ἀλόη (alóē) (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 3

Noun

אֹהֶל • (óhel) m (plural indefinite אֳהָלִים, singular construct אהל / אֹהֶל־, plural construct אוהלי / אָהֳלֵי־)

1. defective spelling of אוהל

References

• “אהל” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 16.

Anagrams

• אלה
• לאה

Persian

Noun

אהל • (ahl)

1. Judeo-Persian spelling of اهل (ahl).
   • 1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:

     המישה פיירוו תורה ודין באש
     דגר הם צחבת אהל יקין באש

     hamiše peyrow-e torâ o din bâš
     degar ham sohbat-e ahl-e yaqin bâš

     Always pursue the Torah and religion;
     Converse with those who know the Truth.