אהל

Arabic

Noun

אהל • (ʔahl) m

  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of أَهْل (ʔahl, kin, family; people, members)
    • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir, Exodus 1:6:
      תׄם מאת יוסף וגׄמיע אכׄותה וגׄמיע אהל דׄלך אלגׄיל׃
      ṯumma māta yūsufu wa-jamīʕu ʔiḵwatihi wa-jamīʕu ʔahli ḏālika l-jīli.
      Then Joseph died and all his brethren and all the people of that generation.

Hebrew

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Root
א־ה־ל (ʾ-h-l)

From the root א־ה־ל ('-h-l).

Verb

אָהַל • (ahál) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to pitch a tent
Conjugation
References

Verb

אִהֵל • (ihél) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of איהל

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Tamil 𑀅𑀓𑀺𑀮𑁰 (akil).

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
Descendants
  • Ancient Greek: ἀλόη (alóē) (see there for further descendants)

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

Persian

Noun

אהל • (ahl)

  1. Judeo-Persian spelling of اهل (ahl).
    • 1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:
      המישה פיירוו תורה ודין באש
      דגר הם צחבת אהל יקין באש
      hamiše peyrow-e torâ o din bâš
      degar ham sohbat-e ahl-e yaqin bâš
      Always pursue the Torah and religion;
      Converse with those who know the Truth.
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