Hebrew

Alternative forms

• אֹהֶל (defective spelling)

Noun

אוהל \ אֹהֶל • ‎(óhel) m ‎(plural indefinite אוהלים \ אֹהָלִים, singular construct אוהל \ אֹהֶל־, plural construct אוהלי \ אָהֳלֵי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. A tent: a portable shelter of skins or strong cloth stretched and held up by poles.
2. (Judaism) A collective term for all that covers a dead body or that a dead body covers; used in legal discussions of purity and impurity.
3. An ohel: a structure erected over the grave of a great and righteous person.
4. (אֹהֶל־, óhel-) Singular construct form of אוהל ‎(óhel)‎.