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)
- Related to tents.
- Related to aloe.
Derived terms
Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־ה־ל (0 c, 2 e)
Further reading
- “א־ה־ל” (root) 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, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 9