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Jeremiah 10:20

“My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֹהֶלʼôhel · o'-hel
H168 · Hebrew
Definition
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
Derivation
from H166 (אָהַל);
KJV renderings
covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Grammar
  • אָהֳלִ֣ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
  • י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HNcmsc/Sp1cs
Usage
Occurs 348 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:20Genesis 9:21Genesis 9:27Genesis 12:8Genesis 13:3

Theological interpretation (AI)

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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.