א־ה־ל

Hebrew

Etymology

The "tent" sense is presumably denominal from אוהל (óhel, “tent”), from Proto-Semitic *ʔahl-.

The "aloe" sense is thought to be ultimately from a Dravidian language. See aloe.

Root

א־ה־ל • (ʾ-h-l)

1. Related to tents.
2. Related to aloe.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־ה־ל (0 c, 3 e)

Further reading

• “א־ה־ל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “א־ה־ל”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
• A. Murtonen (1989) “ʾHL; ʾHL II”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 84
• Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 9