א־ה־ל

Hebrew

Etymology

The "tent" sense is presumably denominal from אוהל (óhel, “tent”), from Proto-Semitic *ʔahl-.

The "aloe" sense is thought to be ultimately from a Dravidian language. See aloe.

Root

א־ה־ל • (ʾ-h-l)

  1. Related to tents.
  2. Related to aloe.

Derived terms
Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־ה־ל‎ (0 c, 3 e)

Further reading
  • “א־ה־ל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • “א־ה־ל”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
  • A. Murtonen (1989) “ʾHL; ʾHL II”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 84
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 9
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