H169 — אוֹהֶל

1. tent of nomad Song 1:5; Jer 6:3; Jer 49:29 ׳ ישֵׁב א dweller in tents Gen 4:20; Gen 25:27 ( J ); אָהֳלֵי מִקְנֶה tents of cattle 2Chr 14:14 of soldier 1Sam 17:54 compare Dr, Jer 37:10; 1Kgs 8:66 לְאֹהָלֶיךָ, ישׂראל, exclamation, to thy tents, Israel ! 1Kgs 12:16 (twice in verse) compare 2Chr 10:16; 2Sam 20:1 (but compare Dr, 1Sam 17:54 ); of pleasure-tent on house-top 2Sam 16:22 (= bridal-tent, bridal pavilion, compare חֻפָּה Ps 19:5; Joel 2:16 see RS^{Kinship 168}).

2. dwelling, habitation; Ps 91:10 לְאֹהָלֶ֑ךָ home (literally to thy tents, plural) Judg 19:9 (after הלך ); ׳ א בֵּיתִי habitation of my house Ps 132:3 compare Dan 11:45 דוד ׳ א habitation or palace of David where throne erected Isa 16:5 בַת צִיּוֺן ׳ א h. of daughter of Zion (= Jerusalem) Lam 2:4 אָהֲלֵי יַעֲקֹב Jer 30:18; Mal 2:12 (|| מִשְׁכָּן); יְהוּדָה ׳ א Zech 12:7 (|| בית דוד); רְשָׁעִים ׳ א h. of wicked Job 8:22, compare רֶשַׁע ׳ א Ps 84:11, יְשָׁרִים ׳ א Prov 14:11 שֹׁחַד ׳ א Job 15:34 צַדִּיקִים ׳ א Ps 118:15 אֱדוֺם ׳ א = Edom itself, Ps 83:7 compare קְדָר ׳ א Ps 120:5 כוּשָׁן ׳ א Hab 3:7.

3. the sacred tent used in worship of God; הָאֹהֶל the tent; מוֺעֵד ׳ א 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, Exod 33:7-11; Num 12:5; Num 12:10; Deut 31:14; Deut 31:15 J seems to have same conception of an ׳ מ ׳ א outside the camp, Num 11:24; Num 11:26 D has no allusion to such a tent; P mentions it 131 t. as ׳ מ ׳ א; 19 t. as הָאֹהֶל (compare Ezek 41:1) & הָעֵדוּת ׳ א, tent of the testimony Num 9:15; Num 17:22; Num 17:23; Num 18:2 (as containing ark & tables of the testimony) compare 2Chr 24:6 this tent sometimes confounded with the מִשְׁכָּן but distinguished in ׳ מ ׳ מִשְׁכַּן א Exod 39:32; Exod 40:2; Exod 40:6; Exod 40:29, compare 1Chr 6:17 הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְהָאֹהֶל Num 3:25 אֶתהַֿמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶתאָֿהֳלוֺ Exod 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. (Exod 26). An אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד was at Shilo 1Sam 2:22 (omitted ᵐ5 ; see Dr) compare Ps 78:60, called יוֺסֵף ׳ א Ps 78:67. The Mosaic ׳ מ ׳ א was later at Gibeon 2Chr 1:3; 2Chr 1:6; 2Chr 1:13 courses of ministry arranged for service at ׳ מ ׳ א 1Chr 6:17; 1Chr 23:32 compare 1Chr 9:19 (׳ הָא), 1Chr 9:21 1Chr 9:23 (׳ בֵּית הָא); David erected an אֹהֶל for ark on Mt. Zion 2Sam 6:17; 1Chr 15:1; 1Chr 16:1; 2Chr 1:4 Joab fled for refuge to יהוה ׳ א 1Kgs 2:28-30 sacred oil brought from ׳ הָא 1Kgs 1:39 the מוֺעֵד ׳ א was taken up into temple 1Kgs 8:4 = 2Chr 5:5 ׳ י had not previously dwelt in a בַּיִת, but had gone מֵאֹהֶל אֶלאֹֿהֶל from tent to tent, from one to another, 1Chr 17:5, compare 2Sam 7:6 יהוה ׳ א (|| בַּיִת & הַר קֹדֶשׁ) is refuge & dwelling-place of righteous, Ps 15:1 ; Ps 27:5 ; Ps 27:6; Ps 61:5 (compare Ps 90:1).