Original Language Studio
Exodus 27:21
“In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H168 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
- Derivation
- from H166 (אָהַל);
- KJV renderings
- covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
- Grammar
- בְּ — preposition
- אֹ֣הֶל — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 348 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:20Genesis 9:21Genesis 9:27Genesis 12:8Genesis 13:3
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֹהֶל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.