אוהל

Hebrew

Root
א־ה־ל (ʾ-h-l)

Alternative forms

• אֹהֶל (defective spelling)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔahl-. Note that this Hebrew form is peculiar to the Tiberian vocalization. The Palestinian vocalization points to אַהֶל (ʾáhel) instead, truer to the vowel in every other known cognate.

Pronunciation

• (Palestinian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.hel/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoː.hɛl/, [ˈʔoː.hɛl]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔø.hal/, [ˈʔøː.hæl], [ˈʔeː.hæl]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)o.hel/
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔo.hel/.
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)o.hel/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)oj.hɛl/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)o.hel/

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Noun

אוהל / אֹהֶל • (óhel) m (plural indefinite אוהלים / אֹהָלִים, singular construct אוהל / אֹהֶל־, plural construct אוהלי / אָהֳלֵי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. A tent: a portable shelter of skins or strong cloth stretched and held up by poles.
2. (Judaism) A collective term for all that covers a dead body or that a dead body covers; used in legal discussions of purity and impurity.
3. An ohel: a structure erected over the grave of a great and righteous person.
4. (אֹהֶל־, óhel-) Singular construct state form of אוהל (óhel)‎.