אֹהֶל
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. tent (a pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather)
2. A collective term for all that covers a dead body or that a dead body covers; used in legal discussions of purity and impurity. (Judaism)
3. ohel (a structure erected over the grave of a great and righteous person) (Judaism)
Pronunciation
óhel
Examples28
הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה חיה באֹהֶל מונגולי.
The family lives in a yurt.
לָקַח לָנוּ זְמַן רַב לְהַחְלִיט אֵיפֹה לְהָקִים אֵת הָאֹהֶל.
It took us a long time to agree on where to pitch the tent.
הֵם הקימו אֵת הָאֹהֶל שֶׁלָּהֶם עַל הַחוֹף.
They pitched their tent on the beach.
הֵם הקימו אֵת האוהלים שֶׁלָּהֶם עַל הַחוֹף.
They pitched their tents on the beach.
תּוֹם נִרְאָה מהופנט וְהָלַךְ אַחֲרֵי הַקּוֹל מִחוּץ לאֹהֶל.
Tom seemed hypnotized and followed the voice outside the tent.
אֵיפֹה נִרְאָה לך שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ צְרִיכִים לְהָקִים אֵת הָאֹהֶל שֶׁלָּנוּ?
Where do you think we should pitch our tent?