H168

אהל

אהל
ahhal

Masculine noun · From אהל (H166)

From H166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):—covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.

Outline

  1. tent
    1. nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience
    2. dwelling, home, habitation
    3. the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)

Usages (6/7)

Job 20:26

Breakdown

Fire not blown All fires require oxygen and fuel and wind helps them spread. The only fire that spreads of its own accord is a thermonuclear fire. ill with him that is left Anyone left in America will be destroyed by the missiles.

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Job 21:28

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Song of Solomon 1:5

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In this verse, King Solomon is saying that he is a black, beautiful man. In the ancient world, you had many nomadic groups of people. Saying tents is a way to group those people, i.e. tents of Kedar means the people of Kedar. Kedar Dark-skinned Ishmaelites

Note There is a slight mistranslation on this verse: the word but should really be 'and' as the Hebrew character in its place is a 'wa'

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Isaiah 40:22

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The earth is a sphere, it is not flat. stretcheth out the heavens The universe. tent to dwell The different planets that will be dwelt in

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