אהל

Arabic

Noun

אהל • (transliteration needed) 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 wajamīʿu ʾiḵwatihi wajamīʿu ʾahli ḏālika l-jīli.

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

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Hebrew

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Root
א־ה־ל (ʾ-h-l)

From the root א־ה־ל ('-h-l).

Verb

אָהַל • (ahál) (pa'al construction)

1. to pitch a tent

Verb

אִהֵל • (ihél) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of איהל

Etymology 2

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

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